Siedleczski v. Brotherly Aid Society of Prince Joseph Poniatowski
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Irwin R. Hazen, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Me Surely
Plaintiffs brought suit for $300, the amount of a death benefit which they claimed as members of the family of Thomas Siedleczski, a deceased member of defendant’s society, payable under one of its by-laws. On trial by the court upon a stipulation of facts, judgment was entered for the amount claimed in favor of the plaintiffs. Defendant asks that this be reversed.
The by-law referred to provides that upon the death of a member the Society of Prince Joseph Poniatowski shall immediately pay $50 for funeral expenses and $250 to his family.' It is stipulated that plaintiffs-are members of the…
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