Legal Opinion

Clow v. Western Life Indemnity Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 13, 1913No. Gen. No. 17,821Published

Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Edwin K. Walker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1911.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr.. Justice Brown

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of nil capiat and for costs against the plaintiffs. The judgment was rendered on a verdict in favor of the defendant directed by the court. The plaintiffs were the children (together with the executrix of a deceased child) of James B. Clow. They were the beneficiaries, if the policy was in force, in a policy of the defendant, the Western Life Indemnity Company, a mutual insurance company organized under the Act of June 18, 1883, and reincorporated under the Act of June 22, 1893.

The pleadings and the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mutual Life Insurnace v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  2. Mutual Life Insurance v. PhinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  3. Lavin v. Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United WorkmenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
  4. Knights Templars & Masons Life Indemnity Co. v. VailIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Lone v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkWashington Supreme Court · 1903

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