National Union v. Keefe
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch “C” Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George A. Carpenter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
.Mr. Justice Dunn
delivered the opinion of the court':
The question in this case is whether the amount of a beneficiary certificate issued by the National Union to Edward F. Keefe shall be paid to James E. Keefe, the.beneficiary named, or to appellants, Margaret E. Keefe and Celeste Keefe, the widow and daughter of Edward F. Keefe.
In 1892 Edward F. Keefe, who was then unmarried, became a member of the National Union, a mutual benefit society organized under the laws of Ohio, and a certificate was issued to him for $5000, payable, upon his death in good standing in the order, to his brother,…
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