Getkin v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 2, May T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 631, refusing plaintiff’s motion for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Ella Getkin v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Assumpsit on a railroad relief association certificate to recover death benefits. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 2, May T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 631, refusing plaintiff’s motion for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Ella Getkin v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Assumpsit on a railroad relief association certificate to recover death benefits. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court refused plaintiff’s motion for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing plaintiff’s motion for judgment for want of a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potteb,
This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to enter judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.
*152Plaintiff, who was the widow of David Getkin, an engineer in the employ of defendant at the time of his death, declared on a certificate of membership in the Voluntary Relief Department of the defendant company, and claimed to recover, as the beneficiary named in such certificate, the sum of $2,250 as a death benefit. She averred that all the terms and conditions of the certificate had been complied with and that, on October 21, 1912, her husband,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnson v. Philadelphia & Reading R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Hogarty v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Ringle v. Penna. R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Reese v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911