107 Iowa 439 | Iowa | 1899
The three defendants, other than the Iowa Legion of Honor, are the legitimate children of B. B. Combs, deceased, and to these the entire indemnity of four thousand dollars was paid. The plaintiff is the guardian of Erank A., Burr J., and Lodena Combs, and bases his right of recovery on the claim that they are the illegitimate children of the deceased, and were recognized by him as such. Each of the two certificates provided that Combs was “entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership in the Iowa Legion of Honor, and to participate in the beneficiary fund of the order, to the amount of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, which shall, at his death, be paid to his legal heirs.”