Supreme Council Catholic Knights & Ladies of America v. Beggs
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a benefit certificate of insurance. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge presiding. Heard in this courr at the October term, 1902.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
The evidence offered by the appellant, which was excluded by'the court, tended strongly to prove the defense of appellant that Catherine Beggs, in her application for membership, willfully and falsely misstated her age to be forty-eight years, when in fact her age was much in excess of forty-eight years. It is not contended by appellees’ counsel that the excluded evidence did not tend to prove appellant’s defense, as set up in its pleas. The contention is that no such defense is admissible at law. Counsel say in their printed…
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