Legal Opinion
Seitzinger v. Modern Woodmen of America
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 24, 1902PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Assumpsit, upon a benefit certificate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of White County; the Hon. Prince A. Pearce, Judge presiding. Heard in .this court at the August term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was an action of assumpsit, in the Circuit Court of White County, by appellant against appellee, to recover on a certificate of insurance.
The declaration is in the usual form, setting up the certificate.upon which the suit is based, in haea verba. Among other provisions, the certificate contains the following :
“If any member holding this certificate shall, * * * within thr.ee years after becoming a beneficial member of this society, die by his own hand, whether sane or insane, * * * then this certificate shall be null and void and of no effect, and all moneys which have been paid,- and…
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- Supreme Commandery of the Knights of the Golden Rule v. AinsworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Bigelow v. Berkshire Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Spruill v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Manhattan Life Insurance v. BroughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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