Illinois Supreme Court September 25, 1885 (Covenant Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Spies)

Mr. Justice Scholfield

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was assumpsit, brought in the circuit court of St. Clair county, by the widow and children of Charles Spies, deceased, on a certificate of membership in the Covenant Mutual Benefit Association of Illinois, whereby that association promised to pay them $5000 upon the death of Charles Spies, subject to certain stipulated conditions.