Fichter v. Milk Wagon Drivers' Union, Local 753

Bernard Fichter, plaintiff-appellant, filed in the circuit court of Cook county a suit against Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union, Local 753, et al., to recover the sum of $3193, claimed to be due as sick benefits under the bylaws of that union. Trial was had before a jury, which returned a verdict against him, and on appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District the judgment of the circuit court was affirmed.

The facts are substantially as follows: Fichter became a member of the Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union in 1920, and June 15, 1928, sustained a permanent injury as the result of an accident while…