Court Opinion

ID: 7811604
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-07 17:13:28.346755+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:30:29.275611
License: Public Domain

DISSENTING OPINION. Hart, J. I think the judgment should be affirmed. I do not think Baker v. Mosaic Templars of America, 135 Ark. 65, sustains the doctrine of the majority opinion. In that case the insured made no attempt to comply with the by-laws by naming a beneficiary. In this case the insured named Minnie Hearon, his legitimate daughter, as the beneficiary. She was a blood relation within the meaning of the by-laws, and therefore eligible to be made a beneficiary. It is true that the appointment was defective in that the will was not attested by the scribe of the Templars; but this was a matter which the insured could waive, and did waive, by accepting the dues of the insured until his death. The attempt to appoint as the beneficiary Frances Rowton, his illegitimate daughter, was ineffectual for any purpose for the reason that she was not eligible under the rules of the order.