Legal Opinion

Clarke v. Illinois Commercial Men's Ass'n

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 9, 1913No. Gen. No. 18.275PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. William Eenimobe Coopeb, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1912.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes

Appellee, a mutual accident insurance company doing business on the assessment plan and organized under the act in force July 1, 1893 (chap. 73, p. 1366, Hurd’s R. S. 1911) issued a policy to one Damon Clarke, which provided, among other contingencies, that in case of his accidental death the association would pay his wife, appellant, the sum of $5,000. It further provided that the liability to pay should be in accordance with and subject to the then existing by-laws, and “of any and all amendments, alterations and new issues of said by-laws,” that they should become a part of the policy as…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kirk v. Financial Security Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Hawes v. Kansas Farm BureauSupreme Court of Kansas · 1985
  3. Kirk v. Financial Security Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  4. Moses v. Illinois Commercial Men's Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914
  5. Contois v. State Mut. Life Assur. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1946

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