South Side Trust Co. v. Eureka Life Ins.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 134, April T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny County, Jan. T., 1920, No. 1318, dismissing appeal from judgment of the county court in the case of The South Side Trust Company of Pittsburgh, a corporation, Guardian of the Estate of Mary Lafferty, otherwise known as Mary A. Lafferty, v. The Eureka Life Insurance Company, a corporation. Petition to allow appeal from the judgment of the county court.
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Appeal, No. 134, April T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny County, Jan. T., 1920, No. 1318, dismissing appeal from judgment of the county court in the case of The South Side Trust Company of Pittsburgh, a corporation, Guardian of the Estate of Mary Lafferty, otherwise known as Mary A. Lafferty, v. The Eureka Life Insurance Company, a corporation. Petition to allow appeal from the judgment of the county court. Before Stone, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court dismissed the petition and affirmed the judgment of the county court. Defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County refusing to allow an appeal from the county court or to direct that court to enter judgment for the defendant non obstante veredicto.
*569The action was assumpsit on two policies of life insurance issued by the defendant company on the life of John Lafferty, brought by plaintiff as guardian of the beneficiary, the insured’s minor sister. The defense was that the policies had lapsed for nonpayment of premiums and had been reinstated through the fraudulent representations of the insured as to the…
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