Legal Opinion
Supreme Court of Honor v. Barker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 12, 1901PublishedCited by 19 opinions
Assumpsit, on a beneficiary certificate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Robert W. Hilscher, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Supreme Court of Honor, a beneficiary society, issued a certificate to Thomas P. Barker, agreeing upon his death to pay his wife, Ida Barker, from the benefit fund, one assessment not exceeding $2,000, subject to certain conditions therein stated. One of said, conditions was as follows:
“ This order will not pay the benefits of members who commit suicide, whether sane or insane, except it be committed in delirium resulting from illness, or while the member is under treatment for insanity or has been judicially declared to be…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Travellers' Insurance v. McConkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Mallory v. . the Travelers' Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Ottawa, Oswego & Fox River Valley R. R. v. McMathIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. HinesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Shreffler v. NadelhofferIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Webster v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Raymer v. Modern Brotherhood of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910
- Anderson v. PattyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
- Witteman Co. v. GoekeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1916
- Seitz v. Coal Valley Mining Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1909
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