Legal Opinion

Fraternal Aid Ass'n v. Hitchcock

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 21, 1905PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Christian County; the Hon. Samuel L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1904.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume

Appellee recovered a verdict and judgment against appellant in the court below for $1,000, upon a benefit certificate for that amount, issued by appellant to Q-eorge B. Hitchcock, August 9, 1899. The certificate provided that it was issued subject to the statements made by the insured in his application dated August 5, 1899, and all the provisions contained in the fundamental laws of the general council, and was liable to forfeiture if the insured should not comply with said fundamental laws, and such by-laws as are or may be adopted by the general council, or by the local council of which…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias v. KutscherIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Middeke v. BalderIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Peterson v. GibsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Lane v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen & FiremenOregon Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Great Hive Ladies of the Modern Maccabees v. HodgeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
  3. Hatch v. Royal LeagueAppellate Court of Illinois · 1924

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