Dinan v. Supreme Council of Catholic Mutual Benefit Ass'n
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 68, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1900, No. 213, on verdict for defendant in case of Andrew A. Dinan and Mary G. Dinan, his wife, in right of said wife, v. The Supreme Council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. Assumpsit on a benefit certificate.
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Appeal, No. 68, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1900, No. 213, on verdict for defendant in case of Andrew A. Dinan and Mary G. Dinan, his wife, in right of said wife, v. The Supreme Council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. Assumpsit on a benefit certificate. At the trial the defendant showed that Charles B. Coll, to whom the benefit certificate had been issued, had stated in his application that he was under the age of fifty years. The constitution and by-laws of the defendant provided that no person over fifty years should be…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potteb,
This action was brought by Dinan and wife, in right of said wife as daughter of Charles B. Coll against the Supreme Council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association to recover the sum of $2,000 upon a benefit certificate issued by the said association to the said Charles B. Coll upon October 15, 1891, and payable to his said daughter as beneficiary.
Upon the trial the defendant admitted the issuance of the benefit certificate and that proof of death had been duly made but denied the right of the plaintiff to recover; upon the ground that he had misrepresented his…
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