Pickett v. Pacific M. L. Ins.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Warren County
No. 345 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 42 September Term 1889, C. P. On August 22, 1889, H. W. Pickett, administrator of John W. Moore, deceased, brought assumpsit against the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California, filing a statement of claim to recover upon a policy of insurance for $5,000, issued by said company upon the life of said John W. Moore on June 4, 1889. Issue.
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No. 345 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 42 September Term 1889, C. P. On August 22, 1889, H. W. Pickett, administrator of John W. Moore, deceased, brought assumpsit against the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California, filing a statement of claim to recover upon a policy of insurance for $5,000, issued by said company upon the life of said John W. Moore on June 4, 1889. Issue. At the trial, on February 4, 1890, the plaintiff offered the policy in evidence. Objected to, as incompetent and irrelevant, unless it is accompanied or proposed to be accompanied by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Stereett:
The undisputed facts, upon which the jury in this case was instructed to find for the plaintiff the full amount of his claim, are briefly as follows :
On June 4, 1889, the plaintiff’s intestate, John W. Moore, received and paid for the policy of insurance on which this suit was brought, a copy of which will be found in the record. Returning to his boarding house, the same evening, he informed his landlady that he had had no dinner, and requested that his supper be prepared. He then went to the well in the open yard for a drink, and finding that the pump required…
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