United Brethren Mutual Aid Society v. White
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common. Pleas of Lackawanna county: Of January Term, 1882, No. 45. Debt, by Patrick White and Catherine White his wife in right of said wife against the United Brethren Mutual Aid Society of Pennsylvania, upon a certificate of membership or policy of insurance issued by the corporation defendant upon the life of one Patrick Murray in the sum of $1,000 payable to Catherine White, daughter of the said Murray.
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Error to the Court of Common. Pleas of Lackawanna county: Of January Term, 1882, No. 45. Debt, by Patrick White and Catherine White his wife in right of said wife against the United Brethren Mutual Aid Society of Pennsylvania, upon a certificate of membership or policy of insurance issued by the corporation defendant upon the life of one Patrick Murray in the sum of $1,000 payable to Catherine White, daughter of the said Murray. On the trial, before Handley, P. J., the following facts appeared : — On or about January 8d 1878, Murray made application for the policy in suit, signing an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
Parties must be held to their contracts, the more especially, when such contracts are reasonable and unambiguous. Patrick Murray contracted with the defendant, the United Brethren Aid Society of Pennsylvania, for a policy of assurance on his life, and in his application therefor he solemnly agrees as follows: “It is hereby agreed that the above and foregoing application, with the declarations and statements therein made, shall form the basis of the contract by and between, the above named applicant and the U. B. Mutual Aid Society of Pa.; and that if any of the statements and answers therein,…
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