Van Frank v. United States Masonic Benevolent Ass'n
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. OSCAR P. Bonnet, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. OSCAR P. Bonnet, Judge, presiding. The appellee, a mutual benefit association organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, with its principal office at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the 27th day of October, 1890, issued two certificates of membership on the application of G. H. Van Frank, which were payable, in case of his death during the continuance of the contract evidenced by each certificate, to Carrie C. Van Frank and children, and in case of death of any…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
Appellant contends there was no evidence showing the death of the persons holding the eight certificates,— the assessments for which Van Frank failed to pay,—and hence the association has shown no necessity for making an assessment, and if, in the absence of such necessity, an assessment was made it would be void. The record of the association is prima facie evidence in respect to the rights of its members, and it is not necessary to prove the death of members, or the fact of membership, to authorize a call for assessment, otherwise than by a copy of the record of the board of directors. In…
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