Legal Opinion

Morton v. Washington National Insurance

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 27, 1944No. Appeal, 34PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Jambs, J.,

This is an appeal from a judgment n. o. v. entered for the defendant insurance company in a suit by the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. The question raised involves the construction of a disability benefit provision in a life insurance policy delivered to the deceased husband of the appellant beneficiary. The clause reads as follows: “If, while this Policy is in full force and effect and while there is no default in the payment of premium beyond the four weeks’ grace period, the insured shall......lose permanently the sight of both eyes, total and permanent…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Brams v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  2. Wick v. Western Union Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Courson v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  4. Buntz v. General American Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  5. Lyford v. New England Mutual Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Howley v. Scranton Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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