Legal Opinion
Pold v. North American Union
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 26, 1913No. Gen. No. 17,395Published
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Edward A. Dicker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff brought suit to recover as beneficiary on a certificate of membership issued to her husband, Robert Pold, in the sum of $4,000. The charter of the defendant was dated June 8, 1895, and it was organized as a fraternal beneficiary society under the Fraternal Beneficiary Society Act of Illinois of 1893. One of the objects of its organization, as stated in the articles of association, pursuant to said statute, was:
“3rd. To establish mortuary benefit fund from which shall be paid upon the death of a beneficiary member in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Peterson v. GibsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Bastian v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Park v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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