Legal Opinion
Laib v. Fraternal Reserve Life Ass'n
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 27, 1913No. Gen. No. 16,790PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Edwin K. Walker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
This action was brought in the Municipal Court by plaintiff in error, widow of G-us Laib, on a benefit certificate issued by the defendant in error, a fraternal beneficiary association organized under the laws of Illinois, to Gus Laib. After the evidence was heard the court directed a verdict for the defendant, denied plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, entered judgment on the verdict, and the plaintiff prosecutes this writ of error. The benefit certificate sued on is headed (in capital letters):
“RATE 1.60, CLASS B. CERTIFICATE, AMOUNT $1,000, AGE 38.”
It states that it is issued by defendant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Southern Mutual Life Insurance v. MontagueCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1887
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- Mannschreck v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1978