Austin v. Royal League

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the defendant, the Eoyal League, from a decree of the circuit court of Cook county in a suit in equity brought by the complainant, Merritt B. Austin, to recover the dues and assessments paid by him on a benefit certificate in -which he was named as the beneficiary and which was issued by the defendant to Arthur Brookover, his stepfather.

The principal facts are not in dispute. The complainant was a resident of Cook county, Illinois. The defendant was a fraternal benefit association incorporated under the laws of Illinois, and' had its…