Rockhold v. Canton Masonic Mutual Benevolent Society
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding. This was an action on a certificate of the Canton Mutual Benevolent Society, on the following agreed facts: “First—That said defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois relating to corporations not for pecuniary profit, and not an insurance company, as defined by the statute under which the said company was organized, its object being to. give financial aid and benefit to the widows, orphans and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
Appellee assumes to be incorporated under and by virtue of the provisions of sections 29, 30 and 31, of chapter 32, of the Revised Statutes of 1874, which provide for the creation of “corporations not for pecuniary profit.” “The particular business and objects” of the corporation, as declared in the ■certificate of the promoters filed in the office of the Secretary of State, are, “to give financial aid and benefit to the widows, orphans and heirs or devisees of deceased members,” and the ■certificate of incorporation is a license only for “the particular business and objects” enumerated in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bloomington Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. BlueIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Penn v. BornmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Briggs v. McCulloughCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. Merchant's Exchange Mutual Benevolent SocietySupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- People Ex Rel. Blossom v. NelsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
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- People ex rel. Bruce v. DunneIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Norwegian Old People's Home Society v. WilsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- People ex rel. Moloney v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
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