Reed v. Philadelphia Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, April T., 19Í2, by defendant, from order of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1910, No. 847, making absolute rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of C. N. Reed et al. v. Philadelphia Life Insurance Company. Assumpsit to recover back premiums paid for life insurance. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 7, April T., 19Í2, by defendant, from order of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1910, No. 847, making absolute rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of C. N. Reed et al. v. Philadelphia Life Insurance Company. Assumpsit to recover back premiums paid for life insurance. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was order making absolute rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiffs jointly brought this action of assumpsit to recover of the defendant the aggregate amount of certain premiums of insurance which had been paid by them severally at the time they had made application for insurance, upon their respective lives, on December 6, 1909. The insurance company filed an affidavit of defense, which the court below held to be insufficient and entered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, and from that judgment the defendant appeals.
The plaintiffs in their statement based their alleged right to recover upon two grounds: (1) That on April…
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