Davis v. Catholic Order of Foresters
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Frederick L. Fake, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a suit in the Municipal Court of Chicago, the suit being of the first class. The suit is based upon a benefit certificate issued by the appellant to Charles Davis, the appellee, his mother, being named in the certificate as beneficiary. There was a verdict of the jury finding the issues for the appellee, the plaintiff below, for the sum of $1,075, being the amount specified in the benefit certificate with interest thereon.
As is usual in such cases, the applicant for membership in the appellant society was required to sign an application. In the…
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