Chaloupka v. Bohemian Roman Catholic First Central Union
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit upon benefit certificate. Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Marcus Kavanaugh, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1003.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ball
It is inherent in the verdict that the jury found that in September, 1900, the deceased withdrew from the local lodge. He had the right to terminate his membership at any time, for cause or without cause, as he saw fit, as the organization was a voluntary one, and his membership in it was voluntary. Bacon Ben. Socs., Sec. Ill, and cases cited.
It is immaterial whether the deceased, or his brother Frank, wrote, signed and sent to the lodge his resignation, for it appears without dispute that when the committee called upon him to settle his accounts with the lodge, and to demand from him the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strohm v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- City Electric Railway v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Johnson v. BantockIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
- Stewart v. Supreme CouncilMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889
- Schmitt v. Devine ex rel. United States Heater Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1896
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Dvorak v. Bohemian Roman Catholic First Central UnionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912