National Council Knights & Ladies of Security v. Dillon
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—■ heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
In October, 1897, Flanora McCaffrey, mother of Mary Dillon, the appellee, was admitted to membership in Illinois Council No. 420 of the National Council of the Knights and Ladies of Security, a fraternal beneficiary society, the appellant, and a certificate was issued to her for $1000, to be paid, at her death, to appellee. The certificate contained the following: “This certificate is issued upon the express condition that the said member shall in every particular, while a member of the order, comply with all the laws, rules and requirements thereof, and shall, at her death, be a member in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Covenant Mutual Life Ass'n v. KentnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Grand Lodge A. O. U. W. v. BagleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Peterson v. GibsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
3Cited by3 opinions
- National Council of the Knights & Ladies of Security v. BurchAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
- Tinker v. Modern Brotherhood of AmericaDistrict Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1926
- Dillon v. National Council of the Knights & Ladies of SecurityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909