Sherry v. Women's Catholic Order of Foresters
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
The appellant is a fraternal benefit organization, created a corporation under the laws of Illinois. Ellen Sherry, the mother of the plaintiff, on November 30, 1904, applied for membership and presented to Morning- Star Court No. 239 (a subordinate lodge of the Order) her written application in which she stated that she was born in Ireland on March 18, 1856. The application card was not signed by her, but was filled out by the examining physician at her request. In the application she designated Patrick Sherry, her husband, as her sole beneficiary. On…
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