Dailey v. Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Mary Dailey, defendant in error, brought her suit in the circuit court of St. Clair county against the Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the plaintiff in error, upon a benefit certificate issued to her husband, Thomas P. Dailey, payable to her upon his death. The defendant is a fraternal beneficiary society, and membership is limited to persons not less than eighteen and not to exceed forty-five years of age on the date application is presented for membership. The declaration alleged that on May 2, 1913, Thomas Patrick Dailey, also known as Thomas P. Dailey, husband of the…