A. Rose & Son, Inc. v. Zurich General Accident, Etc., Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

This case calls for a more detailed explanation of what was intended to be included in the exception mentioned in Greene Co. v. Southern Surety Co., 292 Pa. 304, 311, where “life insurance policies and mortgage clauses in fire insurance” were mentioned as cases in which it has been universally held that a third party beneficiary could sue. It is not to be supposed that there is any particular virtue in the terms “life insurance,” or “fire insurance,” or that these were used in an exclusive sense. The reasons for sustaining a third party beneficiary action in such…