Counsman v. Modern Woodmen of America

Hastings, C.

This case presents but one question for our consideration, that is, whether or not the beneficiary in the insurance certificate of Ulysses G. Counsman was changed by his action on the 28th day of May, .1901, he having died before six o’clock in the morning, on May 29 of that year. On the evening of the 29th his benefit certificate, with the indication of the change, was forwarded to the head camp of the order by W. B. Wardell, clerk of Omaha Camp No, 1,833. Counsman died on the next morning, and his benefit certificate was received at the “head camp” in Rock Island on the 30th,…