Great Hive Ladies of the Modern Maccabees v. Hodge
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Coxostin D. Myebs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1906.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Ramsay
delivered the opinion of the court.
Nereous Hodge and Ellen Clinton brought suit in the Circuit Court of McLean county against the Great Hive Ladies of the Modern Maccabees upon a policy of insurance issued by such order to Katie Hodge and recovered a judgment in the sum of $1,000. The order has appealed.
It appears from the evidence that said appellant is a fraternal insurance order incorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan; that it has a grand or supreme lodge having a general jurisdiction over the affairs of the order, and subordinate lodges into which…
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