Heydorf v. Conrack

*203The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J. :

On the 27th day of July, 1896, John Heydorf was a member of and the holder of a beneficiary certificate in the Knights and Ladies of Security, a beneficiary society, the chief governing authority of which is a national council, located at Topeka, Kan., the subordinate council of which he was a member being located at St. Joseph, Mo. The beneficiary certificate was made payable in case of death to the heirs of John Heydorf, without naming them.. He was sick in a hospital in St. Joseph, Mo., and was visited by J. H. Johnson, a member of the…