Koeller v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.

Action on a certificate issued to the plaintiff by the relief department of the Chicago, Burlington .& Quincy Railway Company. It appears without dispute that the defendant maintains and conducts what is known as its “Voluntary Relief Department”; that the plaintiff, who was employed by the defendant in its railroad shops at Havelock, became a member of that department, and the certificate in question was issued to him on the 22d day of March, 1897; that he paid his dues and assessments thereon up to the date of his injury, which occurred while in defendant’s service, and at that time he was…