Supreme Lodge Order of Mutual Protection v. Meister
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. Alonzo K. Vickers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hand
This is an action ‘of assumpsit, commenced in the circuit court of Cook county by the appellee, against the appellant, to recover the amount of a benefit certificate issued by the appellant on the 19th day of April, 1889, upon the life of her husband, who died June 14, 1894, she being named as beneficiary therein. A trial was had before the court and a jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the appellee for the sum of $2625, which judgment has been affirmed by the Branch Appellate Court for the First District, and a further appeal has been prosecuted to this court.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. PendletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- People ex rel. Keefe v. Women's Catholic Order of ForestersIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen v. LachmannIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Covenant Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. SpiesIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Elliot v. Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United WorkmenCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1895
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- Grand Lodge of United Brothers of Friendship & Sisters of the Mysterious Ten v. CarrollSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
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