Bohnert v. Ben Hur Life Ass'n.

This controversy grows out of a merger contract between two fraternal beneficiary societies, under which the Ben Hur Life Association of Indiana took over the membership, business, assets and liabilities of .the Loyal American Life Association of Illinois. For convenience the two societies will be respectively referred to as the Ben Hur and the Loyal American. Mary Bohnert, Manuel Roderick and Minnie Wells, holders of certificates in the Loyal American, filed an amended complaint in the circuit court of Sangamon county against the Ben Hur praying for the construction of the contract, the…