Hewell v. Atlanta Police Relief Ass'n

Jenkins, Justice.

The children of a deceased assured, who had held a certificate in a fraternal beneficiary association, filed an equitable petition against the association, to recover the amount of the certificate, $1000. The certificate designated the wife of the assured, mother of the plaintiffs, as beneficiary. It was alleged that the assured and this beneficiary were killed in a common disaster, without any averment as to who died first. It was further alleged, that the plaintiffs “are the sole survivors of the class which may be designated as beneficiaries in associations of the type and…