Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen v. Orrell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a beneficiary certificate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County; the Hon. Oliver A. Harker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Creighton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action of assumpsit, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, by appellee against appellant, to recover as a beneficiary member of appellant’s order, for alleged total disability. Trial was by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $1,500.
Appellee’s beneficiary certificate provides for the payment to him by appellant of the sum of $1,500, in the event of his total disability, and it also provides that such certificate is issued on the condition that appellee shall comply with all the laws, rules and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Joliet, Aurora & Northern Railway Co. v. VelieIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. RobinsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
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- Grand Lodge, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen v. OrrellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903