Legal Opinion
Supreme Council Catholic Knights & Ladies of America v. O'Neill
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 19, 1903PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Assumpsit, upon a benefit certificate. Two cases consolidated. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Charles G. Neely, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment obtained by Mrs. Joseph O’Neill against appellant for $1,000, upon a benefit certificate issued to James P. O’Neill, her step-son. The certificate is as follows :
"This is to certify that James P. O’Neill, of Branch No. 35, located at Chicago, Ill., is a full rate member of the Supreme Council Catholic Knights and Ladies of America, and in case of the death of the member, said Supreme Council agrees to pay all the benefits arising from said membership, not to exceed $2,000, to his beneficiaries,…
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