Columbian Circle v. Auslander
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Denis E. Sullivan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
The Columbian Circle, a fraternal benefit society, filed a bill of interpleader in the superior court of Cook county asking the court to determine who is entitled to the fund of $1000 arising out of a benefit certificate issued on the life of Morris Auslander. The superior court held that the appellees, children of the insured, were entitled to the fund and so decreed. This decree was affirmed by the Appellate Court, and the cause comes here on certificate of importance.
The facts in the case are stipulated. The certificate was issued in November, 1910, and contained as beneficiary “Margaret…
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