Dexter v. Duncan

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson

Affirming.

In 1904 Riley M. Dexter took out a certificate of life insurance with the United Order of the Golden Cross, whereby that organization agreed to pay his wife, Nettie Dexter, as beneficiary, upon the death of the insured, the sum of $1,000.00, provided the conditions of the certificate were kept and performed by the insured. 'In 1905 he took out a certificate with the Modem Woodmen of America for a like sum, making his wife, Nettie Dexter, beneficiary. A few years later Nettie Dexter, beneficiary in both policies, died survived by the…