Covenant Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Spies
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth. District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Geobge W. Wall, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This was assumpsit, brought in the circuit court of St. Clair county, by the widow and children of Charles Spies, deceased, on a certificate of membership in the Covenant Mutual Benefit Association of Illinois, whereby that association promised to pay them $5000 upon the death of Charles Spies, subject to certain stipulated conditions. The defence interposed upon the trial in the circuit court was, that the certificate of membership was cancelled by the association on the 5th day of December, 1882, because of the violation by the said Charles of a clause therein, whereby it was provided that…
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