Huntington v. Supreme Commandery
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 212, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1913, No. 590, on directed verdict for plaintiff in case of Sarah Emma Huntington v. Supreme Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross of the World. Assumpsit on a death benefit certificate. Before Patterson, J. Plaintiff’s husband died May 29,1911; proofs of death were filed and the action was brought May 28,1913. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 212, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1913, No. 590, on directed verdict for plaintiff in case of Sarah Emma Huntington v. Supreme Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross of the World. Assumpsit on a death benefit certificate. Before Patterson, J. Plaintiff’s husband died May 29,1911; proofs of death were filed and the action was brought May 28,1913. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for f2,390.07 by direction of the court and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
In 1893 the Supreme Council of the Home Circle, a Massachusetts corporation, hereafter called the Home Circle, issued a beneficiary certificate to George P. Huntington, which provided for the payment of $2,000 to the appellee, his widow, upon “satisfactory evidence” of his death. In April, 1906, when the certificate was in full force, the Home Circle entered into an agreement with the Supreme Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross of the World, a Tennessee corporation, hereafter called the Golden Cross, for the consolidation of the two orders by merging…
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