Legal Opinion

Crowley v. Milk Wagon Drivers' Union

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 8, 1944No. Gen. No. 42,360Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scanlan

Defendants appeal from a certain part of an equity decree entered in the above cause. Plaintiff, in a cross-appeal, appeals from another part of the decree.

Plaintiff sued to recover sick benefits under the Union’s sick benefit by-laws. The following are the relevant provisions in the sick benefit by-laws that were in force when plaintiff sustained his injuries:

“A sick benefit shall be paid to members in good standing of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars per week.
“No benefit shall be paid for any sickness of less than 14 days, the first 7 days of this does not draw benefit, but if sick 14 days or more,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Fichter v. Milk Wagon Drivers' Union, Local 753Illinois Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Genest v. L'Union St. JosephMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  3. Plattdeutsche Grot Gilde von de Vereenigten Staaten von Nord Amerika v. RossAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
  4. Fichter v. Milk Wagon Drivers' Union, Local 753Appellate Court of Illinois · 1941

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