Steele v. Fraternal Tribunes
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding.
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Writ oe Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. The defendant in error, a fraternal benefit society, was incorporated on June 22, 1897, under “An act to provide for the organization and management of fraternal beneficiary societies,” etc., approved and in force June 22, 1893, as amended by an act in force July 1, 1895. (Hurd’s Stat. 1899, p. 1030.) At the first meeting of the members they made, signed and acknowledged, before an officer authorized- to take…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
It is insisted as grounds of reversal that the finding of facts made by the Appellate Court is not sufficient, and that the court erred in sustaining defendant’s plea of ultra vires.
The defendant in error was organized under the statute of this State which provides that the incorporation of such companies shall be under the supervision of the superintendent of insurance, and when they have complied with the, "statute he shall issue to them a certificate of organization, and thereupon they may proceed to transact business according to the plan of their organization. It was evidently the…
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