Dugan v. International Ass'n of Bridge & Structural Iron Workers
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Geobge J. Cowing, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1915.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor
delivered the opinion of the, court.
2. Insurance, § 780*—how rules and by-laws of benefit society should be construed. The rules and by-laws of a benefit society should be liberally construed, and in case of an attempt by a society to declare a forfeiture will be most strictly construed against it. 3. Insurance, § 793*—when forfeiture for failure to comply with by-law of benefit association may be waived. A forfeiture for failure on the part of a member of a benefit association to comply with the provisions of a by-law requiring prompt payment of assessments may…
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