Legal Opinion

Miller v. Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 1918No. 11603PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. George A. Crow, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

The defendant in error recovered a judgment for $2000 against the plaintiff in error in an action of assumpsit in the circuit court of St. Clair county on a beneficiary certificate issued by plaintiff in error to defendant in error. On appeal to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District the judgment was affirmed, and the cause has been brought to this court pursuant to a writ of certiorari.

The errors assigned call in question, first, the action of the circuit court in rendering a judgment of respondeat ouster against plaintiff in error on an issue of fact tendered by replication to a plea…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. TuckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen v. CramerIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Howe v. FrazerIllinois Supreme Court · 1886

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kelly v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Armour & Co. v. Goldsmith & Seidel Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1922
  3. Loos v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1936
  4. Stone v. Tri-State Mutual Life Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
  5. Kelly v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1922

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