Legal Opinion

Convery v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 16, 1914PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1914. Oertiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eldredge

In the language of counsel for appellant: “This is an appeal from a judgment of $1,350.00 obtained by appellee against appellant in assumpsit for injury sustained by him to his right knee, which appellee claims and the evidence tends to prove resulted in a total and permanent disability from performing the duties of a railroad trainman.”

Appellant on the 9th day of July, 1905, issued a beneficiary certificate to appellee in which it is declared that he “is entitled to all the rights, privileges and benefits of membership, and to participate in the beneficiary department Class C of said…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bond v. Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911
  2. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen v. GreaserAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. J. M. Corbett Co. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  2. Robinson v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Grand Lodge, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Illinois Produce International, Inc. v. Reliance InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1975
  5. Jones v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1934

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