Galligan v. Independent Order of Foresters

Galligan, plaintiff below, plaintiff in error, brought this action and had judgment against the defendant corporation for $2,000, which the plaintiff alleges the defendant promised to pay him in two matured benefit certifi-. cates which the defendant had issued to him and on which he had paid to the defendant the prescribed payments or assessments that entitled him, under the contract of insurance or benefits between the parties, to the sum sued for. Seasonably the defendant filed a motion, supported by affidavits, to set aside the judgment on the ground that the summons issued was not served…