White v. Provident Life & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 345, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 2066, dismissing bill in equity in case of J. Brinton White v. The Provident Life & Trust Company. Bill in equity for an account.
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Appeal, No. 345, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 2066, dismissing bill in equity in case of J. Brinton White v. The Provident Life & Trust Company. Bill in equity for an account. The bill averred that the plaintiff had taken out two policies of life insurance in the defendant company, one for $10,000 on Nov. 28, 1871, and the other for $5,000 on January 18, 1889. The first ran for thirty-eight years and matured on November 28, 1909. The second ran for twenty years and matured on January 18, 1909. The plaintiff set up that the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The plaintiff is a policy holder in the defendant company. He carried to maturity two endowment policies, one for ten thousand dollars, taken out November 28, 1871, which ran for thirty-eight years, and became payable November 28, 1909. The other policy was for five thousand dollars, taken out January 18, 1889; ran for twenty years, and became payable January 18, 1909.
As appears from its charter, the defendant company is authorized to carry on not only the business of life insurance, but also that of a trust company, and to receive deposits of money and other…
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