Robinson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 200, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Del. Co., March T., 1916, No. 250, on verdict for plaintiff in case of J. Rohrman Robinson, Administrator of Estate of Elmer Freeney, deceased, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Broomall, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $221.52. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 200, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Del. Co., March T., 1916, No. 250, on verdict for plaintiff in case of J. Rohrman Robinson, Administrator of Estate of Elmer Freeney, deceased, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Broomall, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $221.52. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, amongst others, was in overruling defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v. The defendant contends that Mary Freeney was the beneficiary and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The plaintiff’s action is founded on a life insurance policy issued on the life of Elmer Freeney according to the terms of which the company agreed to pay to the insured at the next anniversary of the policy after the insured passed the age of seventy-nine years the sum of $213. The policy contained the further covenant “And doth further agree subject to the conditions aforesaid if the insured shall die prior to the date of the maturity of the endowment to pay upon receipt of proofs of the death of the insured made in the manner, to the extent and upon the blanks…
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