Grand Lodge Independent Order of Mutual Aid v. Wieting
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, instituted in the circuit court of Peoria county by the appellee, against the appellant lodge, to recover on a beneficiary certificate issued by the appellant lodge, insuring the life of William Wieting for the benefit of the appellee, his wife.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, instituted in the circuit court of Peoria county by the appellee, against the appellant lodge, to recover on a beneficiary certificate issued by the appellant lodge, insuring the life of William Wieting for the benefit of the appellee, his wife. Plaintiff prevailed in the trial court, and the judgment in the sum of $2072 there rendered was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Second District.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
It is assigned for error the circuit court refused to permit certain veniremen to answer questions of the appellant lodge touching their competency to sit as jurors in the case. None of the persons to whom such questions were propounded were accepted on the jury. The appellant did not exhaust its peremptory challenges, and it does not appear it sought to propound the questions to any venireman who afterward served on the jury. An unobjectionable jury was obtained, and it is therefore immaterial to determine whether the court ruled correctly as to the propriety of the questions referred to.
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