Volmer v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This is an action of assumpsit brought by Mary Volmer to recover the sum of $250, with interest, on a life insurance policy, dated April.12, 1910, issued by the defendant on the life of Harry H. Volmer, payable upon his decease to his wife, the plaintiff. The case was tried before the learned court below, without a jury, under the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 109, and a judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff appealed.

The insured, who was thirty-nine years of age when' he left home, was born in Germany where a brother and sister were living; he had…