Rowell v. Covenant Mutual Life Ass'n

This is an appeal prosecuted from a decree of the circuit court of McLean county dismissing appellant’s bill filed in that court against appellee.

The material facts alleged in the bill as a basis for the relief asked are as follows: The defendant association was incorporated January 9, 1877, under the provisions of the general act concerning corporations, in force July 1,1872,'with the declared object “to afford financial aid and assistance to the widows, orphans, heirs or devisees of deceased members.” The by-laws provided for issuing certificates to members in various amounts, payable at…