Schroeder v. Police & Firemen's Insurance

Mr. Presiding Justice Riess

delivered the opinion of the court.

An appeal was taken from a judgment in the sum of $2,000 rendered by the circuit court of Vermilion county against the defendant appellant, Police and Firemen’s Insurance Association, a corporation, upon the verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff appellee, Estella Schroeder, beneficiary named in the insurance policy of William Schroeder, deceased.

The action is predicated upon a certificate of insurance issued by the appellant company which provides that there shall be payable to the beneficiary therein named at the death of such…