Knights Templars & Masons' Life Indemnity Co. v. Crayton
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a beneficiary certificate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marshall County; the Hon. Leslie D. Puterbaugh, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
John Crayton died July 31, 1891, leaving a policy of insurance on his life in the Knights Templars and Masons’ Indemnity Company for the benefit of his children, Frank L., Josephine M., (also called Margaret J., and now by marriage, Wilkes,) and Laura Crayton. The amount the company thereby agreed to pay the beneficiaries was “ five thousand dollars, and all the money paid on the policy in assessments.” The beneficiaries were minors. Their mother, Ellen C. Crayton, was thereupon appointed their guardian, and delivered to the…
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