Supreme Lodge Order of Mutual Protection v. Meister
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a certificate in a benefit society. Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The appellant is a mutual benefit society, and accepted one Nicholas Meister as a member of the order and issued to him a membership certificate dated April 19,1889, as follows, omitting formal parts:
“ This ^certificate, issued by the Supreme Lodge, Order of Mutual Protection,
Witnesseth, that Nicholas Meister, of Chicago, Ill., has been accepted as a member of the Order of Mutual Protection, upon the faith of the representations contained in his application to the order and medical examination, and that the Supreme Lodge will, upon his death, provided he has, while a member, complied with the…
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