People's Mutual Benefit Society v. Werner

The appellee sued the appellant in the court below on a judgment recovered in the Circuit Court of Will county, Illinois, for $1,000 and costs. The court below sustained a demurrer to the special and sole answer of the appellant, and rendered judgment for the appellee for the full amount of her claim. The single question presented for our consideration is that of the sufficiency of the answer.

The appellant is a life insurance corporation organized under the laws of the State of Indiana, where it exists and carries on its corporate business of life insurance on the' mutual or assessment plan.…