Siglar v. Ivancho
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 76, April T., 1915,. by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., First Term, 1911, No. 4, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna Barlok Siglar v. Anna Barlok Ivancho. Feigned issue to determine ownership of death benefits.
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Appeal, No. 76, April T., 1915,. by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., First Term, 1911, No. 4, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna Barlok Siglar v. Anna Barlok Ivancho. Feigned issue to determine ownership of death benefits. Before Haymaker, J. From the record it appeared Andrew Barlok died on February 4,1909, at a time when he was a member in good standing of the Pennsylvania Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union, a beneficial association incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania. When the deceased became a member of the association he named his niece as beneficiary and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
There are two claimants to the same fund. The niece of the decedent and the sister. The fund arises by reason of the membership of the deceased in a beneficial society. When Arthur Barlok joined the order, he named his niece as his beneficiary in case of death. The original certificate or “motion document” so states, and her name appears as such in the books of the local lodge. The grand lodge books were apparently compiled from sheets sent to the grand lodge officers by the local lodges. The latest or “new” book of the grand lodge gives the sister as the beneficiary,…
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