Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

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JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS
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Jov. 18. 1913.
requiring certified notice of sickness or disability to be sent to the
Lodge once a week or once in two weeks may not be enforced against
a Brother who is insane. Such a Brother is incapacitated from complying
with it."
Relative to this the Court said: "This constitutes an express
declaration by the Grand Lodge of the Order binding upon the Sub-
ordinate Lodge, of which the deceased was a member, that the pro-
visions of the By-Laws of the Subordinate Lodge relating to the notice
here involved may not be enforced against a Brother who is insane,
and that such Brother is incapacitated from complying therewith."
Your petitioners filed a petition for rehearing in the Appellate
Court and this petition was denied.
On the 9th day of January, 1913, your petitioners paid the amount
of the judgment, Six Hundred Sixty-nine Dollars ($669) and interest.
on the same, amounting to Eighty-four and 45/100 Dollars ($84.45),
and in addition to the above your petitioner has paid the following
amounts for court costs:
Appearance fee in Municipal Court $ 2.00
Docket fee, Appellate Court 10.00
Paid stenographers for writing up record 52.00
Paid for printing abstract of record, brief and argument 88.53
Paid plaintiff's advance costs 6.00
Paid appellee's appearance for Appellate Court 5.00
Paid for printing reply brief 10.20
Paid costs in Appellate Court 9.95
Paid clerk of Municipal Court for preparing record 6.00
Paid for printing petition for rehearing 10.20
Paid for attorney's fees in the Municipal Court and Appellate
Court ..- 150.00
Total
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$349.88
Your petitioner represents that it has acted under the instructions
of the Grand Lodge and has always obeyed the mandates of the Grand
Lodge, and that in so doing, in this matter it has been required to pay
out and has paid out in addition to the amount of the judgment and
interest^ the sum of Three Hundred Forty-nine and 88/100 Dollars
($349.88) in court costs.
Lily of the West Lodge, No. 407. I. O. O. F. hereby petitions the
Grand Lodge of Illinois to reimburse said Lodge to the extent of Three
Hundred Forty-nine and 88/100 Dollars ($349.88) for money expended
in defending the suit aforesaid.
LILY OF THE WEST LODGE, NO. 407, I. O. O. F.
By LORENS MEISTEOHEIM,
Attest:
ERNEST KREBSCR. Noble Grand.
Secretary.