Martin v. Modern Woodmen of America
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill of interpleader. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island County; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
Jesse W. Martin became a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal beneficiary society, and obtained a benefit certificate to be issued to him by said society in the sum of $1,000, payable to his sister. After-wards, on August 31, 1900, he caused that certificate to be cancelled, and in lieu thereof another for the same sum to be issued payable to Jessie D. Martin, his wife. The certificate at once passed into the possession of ■ Mrs. Martin and has ever since been in her possession. Jesse W. Martin never in his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Alexander v. ParkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Trammel v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & EnginemenMontana Supreme Court · 1953
- Wojanski v. WojanskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
- Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. WarnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
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