Suravitz v. Prudential Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 200, Jan. T., 1913, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1910, No. 505, on verdict for defendant in case of Jacob Suravitz v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Assumpsit on a life insurance policy. Before O’Neil, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for defendant and judgment thereon. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were answers to points and various instructions to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Elkin,
This is an action on an insurance policy which by its terms made all statements of the insured representations and not warranties. The defense is that the answers contained in the application as to the good health of the applicant for insurance, and whether she ever had any serious illness or disease, were untrue in fact when made, and that the false answers being material to the risk, avoid the policy. Appellant denies that any intentional misrepresentation was made by the applicant to the agent of the insurance company who wrote down the answers in the presence…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Grattan v. . Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Kister v. Lebanon Mutual Ins., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, York County1889
- March v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Murphy v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Evans v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Suravitz v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Livingood v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Travellers Insurance v. Heppenstall Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Evans v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
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