Young v. Grand Lodge of A. O. U. W.

Appellee, Emily Young, formerly Emily Graham, recovered a verdict and judgment against appellant, The Grand Lodge of A. O. IT. W. of Illinois, for the sum of $2,000 upon a benefit certificate issued to W. J. Graham, payable upon his death to his wife, the appellee. The case was before this court upon appeal at the May term, 1905, when a former judgment against appellant was reversed and the cause remanded. 123 Ill. App. 628. Since such reversal the case has been again tried with the result above stated.

The defense interposed by appellant upon both trials of the cause was that the insured had…