Farrenkoph v. Holm
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court,on appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. Arthur H. Frost, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court,on appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. Arthur H. Frost, Judge, presiding. The appellee resided in Rockford, Illinois, and John V. Smith (otherwise known as Valentine Trunk) boarded at her home for several years before and after the death of her husband, in 1902. Smith was accidentally killed August 25, 1906, leaving a benefit certificate for $2000 in the Order of Columbian Knights, payable to the appellee, Anna Holm, named therein as “cousin.” She claimed this fund from the insurance order,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Appellants contend that the' designation of appellee as “cousin” was false and fraudulent, and therefore she is not entitled to take the fund. The evidence shows that when the. deceased was talking about the policy to Reed, who took the application as agent of the order, he first stated that appellee was “a sort of cousin,” and on further inquiry, as testified by Reed, the deceased said to him, in substance, that if he (Reed) would not “blab it around” he would tell him what the real situation was, and on' the understanding that nothing would be said about it the deceased told Reed that he…
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