Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum v. McKnight
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. W. Mack, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. W. Mack, Judge, presiding. The Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts and doing business in the State of Illinois, filed its bill of interpleader in this case, in which it was alleged that Luella M: McKnight and Emma Little each claimed to be entitled to the payment of the benefits mentioned in a certificate issued to James H. Little as a member of Garden City Council, one of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
When the original certificate was issued to James H. Little, in 1895, his then wife, Olivia S. Little, was named as beneficiary. Shortly after her death,, in 1898, Little surrendered the original certificate in accordance with the rules of the organization and procured another one, dated May 13, 1898, in which Luella M. McKnight, “niece,” was designated as beneficiary. The objects of the Royal Arcanum as defined by its charter are: “To establish a widows’ and orphans’ benefit fund, from which, on the satisfactory evidence of the death of a member of the order who has complied with all its…
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