Geist v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America

BARD, District Judge.

The plaintiff instituted suit against the defendant in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to recover as beneficiary under a policy of insurance issued by the defendant on the life of her son, William J. Geist, who died at Baltimore, Maryland, on the 8th day of March, 1939. Upon petition by the defendant, after the statement of claim had been filed and served, the suit was removed to this court. The defendant then filed an answer with new matter and the plaintiff filed a reply, as under the Pennsylvania Practice Act of 1915, P.L. 483,…