Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Royal Neighbors of America

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 23, 1912PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cass county; the Hon. Harry HigbEE, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer

Amelia Johnson made a written application July 28, 1906, for membership in the Royal Neighbors of America, a fraternal insurance society, a cámp of which was about to be installed at Bluff Springs, near where the applicant lived. After passing through the regular channels the application was approved, Mrs. Johnson initiated as a member of the order, and on October 20, 1906, a benefit certificate for $1500, in which the husband, Charles F. Johnson, way-named as beneficiary, was issued to her. All dues and • sessments were paid on the certificate until the death of Mrs. Johnson, which occurred…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Royal Neighbors of America v. BomanIllinois Supreme Court · 1898

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Weisguth v. Supreme Tribe of Ben HurIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. KudobaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Combs v. Equitable Life Ins. Co. of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
  4. Allied American Insurance v. AyalaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
  5. Hungate v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1932

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