Swift v. Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit 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 McLean county; the Hon. Owen T. Reeves, Judge, - presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Dickey
Clark Swift was a member of “ The Eailway Conductors’ Mutual Association,” etc., and by reason of his membership, under the provision of their articles of association, had an insurance, by which that company was liable to pay, in case of his death, $2500. By the rules of the association, to which he was a party, by becominga member, it was provided that the money to arise from the insurance might be disposed of by will, and if not so disposed of, should belong to and be paid to his widow, or in case he had no widow, then to his legal heirs or representatives. Some time in 1875, while he was a…
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