Supreme Council Royal Arcanum v. Tracy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
On August 25, 1885, Thomas P. Tracy became a member of Northwestern Council No. 315, Royal Arcanum, located at Chicago,—a fraternal beneficiary order. On September 8, 1885, the organization issued to Tracy its benefit certificate, which, after specifying certain conditions, provides as follows: “These conditions being complied with, the supreme council of the Royal Arcanum hereby promises and binds itself to pay out of its widows’ and orphans’ benefit fund, to Mary Tracy, wife, a sum not exceeding §3000, in accordance with and under the provisions of the laws governing said fund, upon…
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