Thomas v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 363, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1889, No. 765, on verdict for plaintiff, W. R. Thomas, administrator of Griffith Pugh, deceased. Appeal from alderman in action on life insurance policy. On the trial before Woodward, J., it appeared that Laura Evans was a married woman and not a relation of the assured. The other facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 363, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1889, No. 765, on verdict for plaintiff, W. R. Thomas, administrator of Griffith Pugh, deceased. Appeal from alderman in action on life insurance policy. On the trial before Woodward, J., it appeared that Laura Evans was a married woman and not a relation of the assured. The other facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The charge of the court below was, in part, as follows : “ I have said to you that the presumption is in a case like this, that this insurance was originally taken by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson,
The question, whether Laura Evans had an insurable interest in the life of Griffith H. Pugh, does not arise in this case. She did not insure his life, nor was she the holder of a policy thereon. The amount of the policy, $60, was paid to her after the death of the assured, by the company defendant, under the *5982d clause of the policy, which is as follows: “ The company may pay the sum of money insured hereby to any relative by blood, or connection by marriage, of the assured, or to any person appearing to said company to be equitably entitled to the same, by…
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