Fitzpatrick v. Rutter
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
delivered the opinion of the .court:
On November 20, 1893, George Rutter filed in the cir‘cuit court of Cook county his declaration in assumpsit against the Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association of North America, of which he was a member, to collect an indemnity of §1000, claimed to be due him, under the rules of the association, for injuries sustained in a railroad accident. Summons was issued and served upon the officers of the association, but the declaration was not filed ten days prior to the first day of the January term, 1894. By agreement of counsel, however, it was stipulated that the…
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