Bagley v. Grand Lodge of A. O. U. W.

This was debt, brought in the Superior Court of Cook county, by plaintiff in error, against defendant in error. The declaration counted upon a beneficiary certificate issued by defendant in error to John H. Bagley, the son of plaintiff in error, since deceased, and in which certificate plaintiff in error was designated as the beneficiary. The contention of defendant in error was, that before the death of the said John H. Bagley, the right to recover the sum of $2000, mentioned in the certificate, was forfeited by the failure of said John H. Bagley to comply with the express conditions upon…