Zeman v. North American Union

The defendant in error, Mary Zeman, brought an action of assumpsit in the municipal court of Chicago on a benefit certificate in which she was made the beneficiary, and which had been issued by the plaintiff in error, the North American Union, a fraternal benefit society organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, to James Zeman, the husband of defendant in error. A trial was had before a jury, which resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of defendant in error for $2000, the face of the certificate. An appeal was taken to the Appellate Court for the First District, which affirmed…