Baldwin v. Begley

Decided October 27, 1899

Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1899-10-27

<p>1. Beneficiary Associations— Right of the Insured to Change the Beneficiary.—Where the right of a person insured in a beneficiary association to change the name of the beneficiary named in the certificate exists by thfe statute under which the association is organized at the time the certificate is issued the right can not be taken away by subsequent legislation. (Kersten v. Voight, 61 Ill. App. 42, followed.)</p>

Relies on Voigt v. Kersten · Kersten v. Voigt

Affirmed · Decided 1899-10-27

Mr. Presiding Justice Horton

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2In Voight v. Kersten, 164 Ill. 314, the Supreme Court adopt as the opinion of that court the opinion prepared by Mr. Justice Shepard in that case, found in 61 Ill. App. 42. The writer has examined the abstract of record in that case, . now on file in this court, and finds that the facts in that case and in the case at bar are in substance the same. The case at bar is in principle and in the material facts on all fours with the Voight case. It is therefore unnecessary to here enter into any discussion of the questions of law or fact in this case. We need only refer to the opinion in the Voight case as expressing our opinion in this case.

¶3The judgment of the Superior Court of Cook County is affirmed.