Legal Opinion
Independent Order of Mutual Aid v. Paine
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 11, 1887PublishedCited by 22 opinions
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
Emma J. Paine, the appellee, on the lTth day of April, 1886,. recovered a judgment in the La Salle circuit court, against the Independent Order of Mutual Aid, for the sum of $2499, and costs of suit. The action was assumpsit, brought on the following beneficiary certificate:
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State of Illinois.
“This certificate, issued by authority of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, Independent Order of Mutual Aid, witnesseth:
“That Brother Lucius B. Paine is a member of this order, in Bising Star Lodge, No. 88, located at Earlville, in the State of Illinois, and entitled to all the rights and…
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