Northwestern Traveling Men's Ass'n v. Schauss
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. C. E. Starr, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
This was a bill in chancery, brought by Catherine Schauss against the North-Western Traveling Men’s Association, to compel the collection and payment to her by the association, of the moneys payable upon the membership certificate of John Schauss, a deceased member. The defendant is an association organised July 20, 1876, under the general law of this State relating to corporations not for pecuniary profit, its object being, among other things, that of securing pecuniary aid to the widows, orphans, heirs and devisees of its deceased members.
By the constitution of the association, it was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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