Moses v. Illinois Commercial Men's Ass'n
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Clarence N. Goodwin, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
Appellant’s pleas presented the issue as to whether or not the deceased, Walter Moses, committed suicide. On that issue the testimony of Matilda Moses was material and was properly admitted.
The court excluded the amendment to article VII, sec. 8, of appellant’s by-laws, adopted June 26, 1909. This ruling is assigned for error.
By the terms of the policy and the application therefor, each and all of the provisions of the by-laws of appellant then in force, and all the provisions of any and all amendments, alterations and new issues of the by-laws subsequently adopted, became a part of the…
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