Miller v. Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. George A. Crow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
This appeal is prosecuted by appellant to reverse a judgment of $2,000 rendered by the Circuit Court of St. Clair county on a beneficiary certificate held by appellee in appellant, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
It is first contended by appellant that the court erred in rendering judgment of respondeat ouster against it on an issue made by replication to a plea in abatement filed by it denying service.
The sheriff’s amended return on the summons was as follows: “I have duly served the within summons upon the within named defendant, G-rand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, by reading…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Drake v. DrakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Italian-Swiss Agricultural Colony v. PeaseIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Convery v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914
- Bond v. Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911
- Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen v. CramerIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
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