Catholic Order of Foresters v. Fitz
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, upon an endowment certificate. Trial in the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crabtree
This was an action of assumpsit to recover the amount alleged to be due appellee upon a certain endowment certificate dated September 3, 1891, issued by appellant to Michael Fitz, the deceased husband of appellee, in and by which certificate appellant bound itself to pay appellee $1,000 upon satisfactory evidence of the death of said Michael Fitz and upon the surrender of such certificate, provided the same should not have been surrendered by him and another certificate issued at his request, in accordance with the laws of the order, and upon condition that said Michael Fitz should comply…
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