Supreme Sitting Order of the Iron Hall v. Grigsby
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of McDonough county; the Hon. C. F. Wheat, Judge, presiding. Henry C. Sumpter brought an action of attachment in the county court of McDonough county against the Supreme Sitting Order of the Iron Hall, a corporation organized in Indiana under the laws of that State. James H. Grigsby, the appellee, was summoned as garnishee.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of McDonough county; the Hon. C. F. Wheat, Judge, presiding. Henry C. Sumpter brought an action of attachment in the county court of McDonough county against the Supreme Sitting Order of the Iron Hall, a corporation organized in Indiana under the laws of that State. James H. Grigsby, the appellee, was summoned as garnishee. The object of the corporation, as disclosed by the record, was to create a benefit fund, from which its members should receive a benefit in sums not exceeding $1000,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
1From the facts appearing in the record it is clear that the Supreme Sitting Order of the Iron Hall falls within what was determined an insurance company in Rockhold v. Canton Masonic Benevolent Society, 129 Ill. 440. The company was organized in the State of Indiana under the laws of that State, and never having complied with the laws of this State authorizing it to do business here it could not lawfully transact business in this State. Indeed, it is not claimed that the company had authority to do business in this State, as is shown by a provision in the stipulation of facts upon which the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rockhold v. Canton Masonic Mutual Benevolent SocietyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Webster v. SteeleIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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