Sennett v. Insurance Co. of North America

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

This proceeding was initiated by petition of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) seeking to compel the Insurance Company of North America1 (INA) to pay certain allegedly escheatable *528items of personal property held by it into tbe State Treasury.2 Although originally the petition referred to eleven different classes of personalty, the present appeals involve only three: (1) uncollected wages, (2) proceeds of uncashed checks and drafts and (3) so-called “deposits” on perpetual fire insurance policies.

The lower court upheld the Commonwealth with respect…