Roblin v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 172, Oct. T., 19(20, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1919, No. 51, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Augusta Roblin v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World. Assumpsit for death benefits. Before Carpenter, J. The opinión of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,220. De- ■ fendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was refusal of judgment n. o. v., quoting the record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action of assumpsit on a beneficial certificate. Defendant is a fraternal beneficiary association and as such issued a certificate of membership to William Roblin in 1889, at Toronto, Canada, reciting, inter alia, that “his legal beneficiary named herein is entitled to receive one assessment on the membership, but not exceeding in amount the sum of two thousand dollars, and the said sum will be paid as a benefit to Augusta Roblin his wife upon satisfactory proof of his death together with the surrender of this certificate, provided he shall have in…
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