Ptacek v. Pisa
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph F. Gary, Judge, presiding. On February 9, 1895, Josef Pisa became a member of one of the subordinate lodges of the Bohemian Slavonian Knights and Ladies, a fraternal benefit society organized under the laws of Illinois, and took out a benefit certificate payable at his death to his wife, appellee Josefina Pisa.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph F. Gary, Judge, presiding. On February 9, 1895, Josef Pisa became a member of one of the subordinate lodges of the Bohemian Slavonian Knights and Ladies, a fraternal benefit society organized under the laws of Illinois, and took out a benefit certificate payable at his death to his wife, appellee Josefina Pisa. In 1900 Josef Pisa took out a new certificate payable to appellants, and at about the same time Josef and his wife were taken into the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Manifestly, if any contract was made in May, 1900, when Josefina Pisa and her late husband were taken into the home of appellants, its provisions were tha,t said society issue to appellants certificates for both $1000 policies upon the life of Josef and of Josefina Pisa, respectively, and 'that appellants should care for and support both of the old people while they lived. It is true, Marie Ptacek testified, on cross-examination, that the agreement was that Josef and Josefina Pisa should stay there as long as they wished and not so long as they lived, but the great weight of the testimony is…
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