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Show A. O. U. W. ' An Interesting Decision Recently Handed I Jlown In low. j The supreme court of Iowa recently handed down an opinion in the Philips j life insurance case which U of Interest t i every memljer of the A. O. h. - At the ; time of bis death Dr. I. H. d insurance certificate in the A. O. L . W . for S3 000, which was payable to bis legal , heirs" He left surviving him a widow and one minor daughter. The widow contended con-tended that she was entitled to at least one-third of the life insurance. Tin was disputed by the guardian of the daughter and one-half of the money was by agreement agree-ment placed in the hands of the cleTk of the district court, until the controversy should be determined iu the courts. The widow then brought suit against tho guardian and the clerk of the court for money thus deposited. The case was tried by Judge Preston m December, 18W, and he derided that when a child or children of the deceased survived sur-vived the widow was not a "legal heir of her husband, and consequently not entitled en-titled to any of the money in controversy. f rs Philips appealed from the decision to 'the supreme court. The court of last resort re-sort rendered an opinion affirming the decision de-cision of the court below, thus granting all of the insurance money to the dang , ,ter. Many policies are worded as was Dr. I tulip-', and this decision may cause a general overhauling. j |