Dominco v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 22, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 838, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Pasquale Dominco, Administrator of the Estate of Fannie Dominco, deceased, v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Brégy, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $184. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 22, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 838, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Pasquale Dominco, Administrator of the Estate of Fannie Dominco, deceased, v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Brégy, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $184. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
On July 16, 1906, the defendant company issued to one Fannie Dominco its policy numbered 22,087,370 insuring her life in the sum of $100. In accordance with the requirements of the policy and the custom of the company it then delivered to her a book in which the agent of the company collecting the weekly premiums was to enter the same with his name or initials showing the receipt of the premium by the company. The book was prepared with a caption of three columns, the first of which contained the number of the policy, the second the name of the insured, and the third the…
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