Supreme Court of Honor v. Turner
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a policy of accident insurance. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County; the Hon. William M. Farmer. Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Harker
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee became a member of the Supreme Court of Honor and took from it a certificate of insurance providing for the payment of $2,000 at his death to his wife, or to him if disabled, “such an amount as is provided by the laws and regulations governing such cases.” Some two or three years afterward, he accidentally shot himself, the contents of the gun passing through the palm of his left hand and most seriously crippling it.
The section of the by-law of the society applicable to his case, reads as follows:
“If a member loses a hand…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mayer v. LawrenceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
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