Farmers & Mechanics Life Ass'n v. Caine
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county ;■ the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam: Appellee, as beneficiary under a certificate issued by appellant to John Caine, her deceased husband, brought her suit in assumpsit on August 5, 1903, in the Knox county circuit court for $2000, alleging the assured, John Caine, died August 17, 1902. The declaration consisted of one count, and set out, in substance, the terms of the benefit certificate, which is denominated a policy, alleging that the instrument was in the custody of the defendant association.
The policy was for $2000, payable upon the death of the assured to appellee, his wife, and the calls were to be paid in…
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