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Hansen v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 18, 1892PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. B. W. Clifford Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was an action brought by Hannah Hansen, against the Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor, upon the following certificate executed by the defendant at Wooster, Ohio, on the 11th day of July, 1881:

“The Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor issues this certificate to Gilbert Hansen, a member of Wicker Park Lodge No. 1967, located at Chicago, Hlinois, upon evidence received from said lodge that he has lawfully received the degree of manhood, and is a contributor to the widows and orphans’ benefit fund of this order; and upon condition that the statements made by said member in his petition for…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Karcher v. Supreme Lodge Knights of HonorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Rawson v. Milwaukee Mutual Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Wallace v. Fraternal Mystic CircleMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Van Frank v. United States Masonic Benevolent Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Ogden v. CampNebraska Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Cronin v. Supreme Council of the Royal LeagueIllinois Supreme Court · 1902

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