Corcoran v. Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 116, Oct. T., 1896, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Somerset County, May T., 1895, No. 2, on verdict for plaintiffs. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. The facts appear by the charge of the court and the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 116, Oct. T., 1896, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Somerset County, May T., 1895, No. 2, on verdict for plaintiffs. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. The facts appear by the charge of the court and the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows: On the 10th day of August, 1877, James Corcoran took an insurance policy in the defendant company on his life for 14,000, payable in the event of his death to his wife, Frances Corcoran, for her sole use, if living, and if not living, to their children or the guardian of the children for their use. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The policy sued on this case was issued by the defendant company upon the life of James Corcoran, and was payable to his wife Frances Corcoran if she survived him, otherwise to their children. The policy was obtained in 1877. James Corcoran died in January, 1894, leaving his wife and three children to survive him. Mrs. Corcoran made proof of her husband’s death, and claimed the amount due upon the policy as the payee named therein. She alleged that the policy had been mislaid or lost, and was required to make such proof of the fact as she was able, and to give a…
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