Harding v. Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

This case is parallel with that of the Beley case in which an opinion has this day been handed down.

*272The insured here was Clyde P. Harding. The beneficiary of his policy at the time of his death was his minor wife, Catherine Harding, who, by her guardian, brought the present action to recover on the policy, the face amount of which was $2,500.00 with a supplementary contract providing for double indemnity if death resulted solely through external, violent and accidental means. Harding was a member of the 28th Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, which…