Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World v. Stensland
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a benefit certificate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edmund W. Burke, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1902. March 20, 1895, appellant issued a benefit certificate to Peter A. Stensland. . At that time the by-laws provided that if the assured committed suicide, sane or insane, within one year after the date of the certificate, no benefit should be paid.
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Assumpsit, on a benefit certificate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edmund W. Burke, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1902. March 20, 1895, appellant issued a benefit certificate to Peter A. Stensland. . At that time the by-laws provided that if the assured committed suicide, sane or insane, within one year after the date of the certificate, no benefit should be paid. In 1897 this by-law was changed by extending the time to five years, and in case of suicide within that time appellant should be liable only for the amount of all assessments paid.…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Ball
delivered the opinion of the court.
First. The benefit certificate provided that the assured should comply with “ the laws of the order now in force or that may hereafter be adopted.” When this certificate was issued to the deceased a by-law of appellant declared that if a member committed' suicide within one year after his admission to the order, sane or insatie, the certificate should be void. Afterward, and before his death, this by-law ivas changed by striking out the words “one year,” and bv inserting in lieu thereof the words “five years.” The assured died…
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