Bonistalli v. Bonistalli
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 111, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1918, No. 1564, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Caroline Bonistalli, now Caroline Gilardi, administratrix of William A. Bonistalli v. Joseph Bonistalli. Assumpsit to recover proceeds of policy of life insurance. Before Ford, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,545.93. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 111, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1918, No. 1564, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Caroline Bonistalli, now Caroline Gilardi, administratrix of William A. Bonistalli v. Joseph Bonistalli. Assumpsit to recover proceeds of policy of life insurance. Before Ford, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,545.93. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various instructions, sufficiently appearing by the opinion of the Supreme Court, and refusal of defendant’s motion for judgment n.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action in assumpsit for the proceeds of a life insurance policy. Two brothers, William A. and Joseph Bonistalli, of Pittsburgh, were there engaged in *10business as partners, under the firm name of the Northern Incandescent Light Company, and in 1912 took out a joint insurance policy for $2,500 upon their lives; the company paid the premiums and to it the loss was payable on the death of either partner. In June, 1916, they agreed to dissolve the partnership, but the matter was delayed until early in 1917 when Joseph filed a bill in equity for a…
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