Wood v. Supreme Ruling of the Fraternal Mystic Circle
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superiof Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superiof Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, commenced in the superior court of Cook county by the appellant upon a benefit certificate issued upon the life of her husband, Joseph H. Wood, in which she was named as beneficiary, by the Order of the Protectors, a fraternal benevolent insurance association organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey, the obligations of which had been assumed by appellee, the Supreme Ruling of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
It is conceded by the appellant that Joseph H. Wood was more than fifty-nine years of age at his nearest birthday at the date he applied for membership and was admitted to membership in the Order of the Protectors. It is clear, therefore, that there can be no recovery in this case unless the Order of the Protectors and the appellee, by receiving from Joseph H. Wood assessments as a member of said order from the time of his admission to membership therein to the time of his death, which covered a period of time intervening between March 19, 1898, and September 21, 1900, and which payments…
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