Pollock v. United States Mutual Accident Ass'n
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1883, No. 118. Covenant, by Catharine A: Pollock, against the United States Mutual Accident Association, of the city of New York, upon a policy of insurance issued by the said company upon the life of Henry Pollock, the plaintiff’s husband.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1883, No. 118. Covenant, by Catharine A: Pollock, against the United States Mutual Accident Association, of the city of New York, upon a policy of insurance issued by the said company upon the life of Henry Pollock, the plaintiff’s husband. The parties agreed upon a case stated which set forth substantially the following facts: The corporation defendant was chartered under the laws of New York ; the object of the association being the accumulation of a fimd for the mutual benefit of its members, or their…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mercur
Tiie defendant is a mutual insurance company. The losses are paid by assessment on its members. The object of the company is to .insure .against, bodily injuries produced in a certain manner specified, that is, caused by external violent and accidental means. Not injuries caused by any one of these means, but by all of them combined. Hence the certificate of membership expressly declares the benefits shall not be held to extend to any case of death or personal injury unless the claimant shall establish by direct and. positive proof that the death or personal injury “ was caused by external…
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