Dunlap v. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Louis Bernreuter, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
Suit was started in the Circuit Court of St. Clair county by Harry B. Dunlap, appellee, against the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, appellant, under a benefit certificate issued by appellant to appellee providing for benefits in case of personal injury of a member.
The declaration was based on the certificate, and appellant filed three special pleas and the general issue. A demurrer to the special pleas was sustained and there was a trial on the declaration and the plea of the general issue. At the conclusion of all the evidence…
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