Sargent v. Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 76, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June Term, 1910, No. 399, discharging rule for interpleader in case of Frank W. Sargent v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. Rule for interpleader. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was order discharging rule for inter-pleader.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Pouter, J.,
The plaintiff brought this action upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant company upon the life of Catherine Semple, in which, at the time of the death of the assured, plaintiff was named as beneficiary. The statement filed by plaintiff averred and the copy of the policy attached to that statement disclosed that the policy had been procured by Catherine Semple, the deceased, on February 14, 1900, and under its covenants the defendant company agreed to pay “to the beneficiary, if living, named in the application herefor or in the written amendment thereof when…
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- Franklin Life Insurance v. HazzardIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
- Scott v. DicksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Downey v. HofferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Overbeck v. OverbeckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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