Grand Lodge A. O. U. W. v. Bagley

This is an action of debt by appellee, against appellant, upon a beneficiary certificate issued by appellant to John H. Bagley, the son of appellee, for her benefit. The defense is, that the certificate became forfeited prior to the death of the holder, by his failure to comply with its condition in making payment of two assessments for the beneficiary fund of the order. On the first trial in the Superior Court of Cook county the judgment was for the defendant, which was affirmed in the Appellate Court for the First District but reversed in this court and the cause remanded to the Superior…