Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

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Tu esdiay.
I Nov. 18. 1913.
We were two days in circuit court in the trial of that case and
my services, not including the taking of the depositions in Missouri,
were reasonably worth the judgment and more, but I have charged
for that service only $35.00, making my total charge for services,
$55.00.
In addition to this charge I have paid out for telegrams to the
Grand Secretary in connection with this suit, 80 cents, making the
total amount claimed by me to be $55.80. I have collected in all
including the judgment, $56.41, interest $1.27 and advance fee $6.00,
making a grand total of $63.68, leaving a balance due the Grand Lodge
after the payment of my charges, the sum of $7.88.
I am sending you herewith my check payable to the Grand Lodge
for the sum of $7.88, the balance in my hands.
I would further report that the jury in this case with the excep-
tion of one or possibly two men, were in favor of a much larger
judgment, but the amount finally agreed upon after many hours of
deliberation, was a compromise verdict. I urged that an appeal be
taken, but the Grand Master at that time did not seem disposed to do
so and the matter was allowed to stand.
I hope that I have made my report full and complete enough to
give you all the desired information.
If I can be of service to you in the future, I shall be glad to
do so.
Yours fraternally,
W. D. LYERLE.
This case grew out of the burning of an Odd Fellow's' hall. The
trustees collected the insurance and refused to pay over to the Grand
Lodge the insurance money. It is my information that all the books
and records of the Lodge were destroyed.
The suit that has just been ended was prosecuted more for the
purpose to demonstrate to Lodges and trustees that the funds of
defunct Lodges belong to the Grand Lodge, of the State of Illinois, and
that correct settlements must be made, than to acquire any considerable
sum of money, as the various Grand Masters through whose
hands this case has passed have always been aware of the chances
of obtaining a very small, if any, judgment.
CARBONDALE PROPERTY.
By action of the last Grand Lodge, document No. 148, G.J. page
412, the Grand Master and Grand Secretary were directed, upon receipt
of $750.00 to execute and deliver a deed to certain property in Car-
bondale, 111., to-wit: Regular lots Nos. 595, 596, 597 and 598, in said
city, formerly bequeathed to the Odd Fellows Orphans' Home; trans-