Grand Lodge of Illinois Independent Order of Mutual Aid v. Besterfield

Appellee brought her action to recover the amount of a beneficiary certificate, issued by the appellant order to her husband, Henry Besteriield, in which certificate she is designated as the person to whom the sum of $2,000 should be paid in case of said Henry Besterfield’s death.

Appellant defends against the claim on the grounds, first, that said Henry Besteriield was, at the time of his death, suspended for failure to pay certain assessments that had been theretofore called by the order; and second, that no proper proof of death was ever furnished to the Grand Lodge.

First. The article of…