Schwartz v. Supreme Court of Honor

Appellant brought this suit in the circuit court of Sangamon county ag'ainst appellee upon a benefit certificate issued by it for $2000, payable on the death of her father, Abram Weinberger. The declaration alleged that Weinberger died March 12,1899, and set out the certificate which was the foundation of the action, and contained the condition that if Weinberger should die by his own hand, whether sane or insane, the certificate should be null and void and of no effect. The defendant pleaded the general issue and special pleas, one of which averred that Weinberger died by his own hand,…