Dunlap v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Action was brought by appellee in the Circuit Court of St. Clair county upon a benefit certificate issued by appellant. To the declaration filed in said cause, counting on said certificate, appellant filed a plea of the general issue and three special pleas, setting up certain sections of appellant’s constitution and bylaws relied on by it as a defense in said cause. A demurrer to said special pleas was sustained, and the cause went to trial on the declaration and plea of general issue. At the dose of all the evidence appellant requested the court to peremptorily instruct the jury to find the…