Legal Opinion

Dvorak v. Bohemian Roman Catholic First Central Union

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 19, 1912No. Gen. No. 16,742Published

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John H. Hume, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branc-h Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark

The plaintiff in error, Elizabeth Dvorak, hereinafter called the plaintiff, brought suit against the Bohemian Roman Catholic First Central Union, hereinafter called the defendant, upon a membership certificate issued to her husband by the defendant. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and a finding made in favor of the defendant, upon which the judgment was entered which we are asked to reverse.

But one point is relied upon as ground for reversal, namely, that the finding of the trial court was against the conceded facts in the case.

The deceased left him surviving a wife and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lehman v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Van Frank v. United States Masonic Benevolent Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Chaloupka v. Bohemian Roman Catholic First Central UnionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904

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