Reynolds v. North American Union
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Tobrison, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dever
Plaintiffs, minors, by their next friend, brought suit in the Circuit Court, charging in their declaration that the defendant, North American Union, a fraternal benefit' association, was legally liable to them under a certificate or policy of insurance by the terms of which defendant insured the life of their father, Frederick Gr. Reynolds, in the sum of $2,000, and also a sum equal to ten per cent, of the amount which the said Reynolds had contributed to defendant’s reserve fund. The defendant in the certificate issued bound itself to pay said sums to plaintiffs on the death of the insured.…
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