Riegel v. American Life Ins.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 228 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 350 September Term 1889, C. P. No. 4, in Equity. On October 3, 1889, service was accepted for the defendant of a bill in equity filed by E. Theresa Riegel, administratrix of the estate of Jacob Riegel, deceased, against the American Life Insurance Company.
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 228 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 350 September Term 1889, C. P. No. 4, in Equity. On October 3, 1889, service was accepted for the defendant of a bill in equity filed by E. Theresa Riegel, administratrix of the estate of Jacob Riegel, deceased, against the American Life Insurance Company. The plaintiff’s bill averred, in substance, that Jacob Riegel, being a creditor of Henry G. Leisenring, took out a policy of insurance upon Leisenring’s life from the defendant company, for the sum of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams:
The decree now before us was made upon the hearing of a general demurrer to the plaintiff’s bill. The demurrer admitted the truth of every fact alleged in the bill, but denied that, taken as stated, the facts were sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to relief in a court of equity. To determine whether this decree was right, it becomes necessary to look into the bill in order to ascertain what facts were set forth as the basis of the relief sought. These may be stated as follows:
1. That Jacob Riegel was in his lifetime a creditor of one Leisenring, and that to…
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