Supreme Lodge Knights & Ladies of Honor v. Menkhausen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a benefit certificate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Martin W. Schaefer, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was .an action of assumpsit, in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, by appellee against appellant, to recover the amount of a benefit which appellees claim accrued to them upon the death of their mother, who was a beneficiary member of the appellant order. The case was decided in the Circuit Court, upon appellant’s demurrer to appellees’ declaration. Appellant elected to stand by its demurrer and the court rendered judgment in favor of appellees for §1,000.
Appellant brings the case to this court, and assigns as error the action of the Circuit Court in the overruling of its demurrer…
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