Pister v. Keystone Mutual Benefit Ass'n
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, Nov. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., March Term, 1895, No. 850, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit sur policy of insurance on life of plaintiff’s husband.
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Appeal, No. 29, Nov. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., March Term, 1895, No. 850, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit sur policy of insurance on life of plaintiff’s husband. Before Gordon, J. It appeared from the record and evidence that this was an action of assumpsit in the court below by Letitia Pister upon a policy of life insurance, No. 6109, issued by the appellant on August 6, 1893, insuring the life of Samuel H. Pister in the sum of $500 and promising to pay that amount to his wife, Letitia Pister within ninety days after notice and proof of death…
1Opinion of the Court
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Willard, J.,
By the terms of a contract of insurance entered into on the 26th day of August, 1893, the appellants undertook and agreed to insure the life of Samuel H. Pister in the sum of $500, and to pay that amount to his wife Letitia Pister within ninety days after due notice and proof of death of Samuel H. Pister. Pister agreed on his part to pay to the company the sum of $5.00, certain annual dues, “ together with mortality assessments according to the charter, by-laws of the association and the terms stipulated in the application upon which the insurance is based.”
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