Wall v. Brotherhood of Painters
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the County Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Clyde E. Stone, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
This is a suit in assumpsit brought by Julia Wall, widow of Henry Wall, deceased, in the County Court of Peoria county to recover benefits under his membership in the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers of America. The Brotherhood is a union as well as a beneficiary society, and is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and National Building Trades Council. No benefit certificate was issued, but each member had a book in which payments of monthly dues were entered, and also had a union card. The declaration contained the common counts and a special count setting up…
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