Pike County Mutual Life Ass'n v. Berry
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike county; the Hon. Habry Higbee, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waggoner
The appellee, Pike County Mutual Life Association, is a fraternal beneficiary society organized and doing business for the purpose of furnishing life indemnity to its members. On March 15, 1904, it issued a beneficiary certificate to George C. Berry, one of its members, who at that time was unmarried, but the certificate designated the wife and children of the member as beneficiaries, and provided for the payment, at the death of the insured, of an amount not to exceed $2,000, to the wife and children, if living, if not, to the legal heirs of the insured. On June 21, 1904, George C. Berry was…
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