Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. Leonard

Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill by appellee, the widow of "Walter T. Leonard, in which she seeks to compel the appellant association to levy an assessment upon its members in order to pay the amount which is claimed to be due h er upon her deceased husband’s certificate of membership. The association denies liability upon the ground that Leonard had ceased to be a member before his death, by non-payment of assessments. It is conceded that he never paid the two assessments in question, nor any subsequent assessments made during his lifetime. But…