Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Randolph
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a beneficiary certificate. Trial in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Martin W. Schaefer, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the February term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bigelow
Appellant has assigned a number of errors on the record, which we will notice in their order.
The first error assigned challenges the ruling of the court in sustaining appellee’s motion to strike the plea in abatement from the files. The record is in no condition to raise the question as to whether the ruling of the court was correct or otherwise. It is true, several lengthy affidavits relating to the pleas have been copied by the clerk in transcribing the record, but they are no part of the record, since they are not preserved by any bill of exceptions, and they could have become a part of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Keefe v. Women's Catholic Order of ForestersIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bond v. Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911
- Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen v. GreaserAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903
- Supreme Lodge v. ZerullaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
- Potievska v. Independent Western Star OrderMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908