Germ. L. Ins. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OK THE COURT OK COMMON PLEAS NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. OK No. 86 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below No. 4 June Term 1888, C. P. in Equity. On June 6,1887, tbe Germania Life Insurance Company filed a bill in equity against Andrew J. Brown, and Ellen Sabina Staats, Wilson A. Sandt, Owen F. Sandt, Lizzie Sandt, Emily Miller, Fannie Sandt, and Daniel Sandt, defendants.
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FROM THE DECREE OK THE COURT OK COMMON PLEAS NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. OK No. 86 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below No. 4 June Term 1888, C. P. in Equity. On June 6,1887, tbe Germania Life Insurance Company filed a bill in equity against Andrew J. Brown, and Ellen Sabina Staats, Wilson A. Sandt, Owen F. Sandt, Lizzie Sandt, Emily Miller, Fannie Sandt, and Daniel Sandt, defendants. The bill averred, formally, the following facts : That the plaintiff company was incorporated under the laws of New York, and on September 30, 1865, issued a policy of insurance on the life of Daniel P. Sandt for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams :
This case presents but a single question. In 1865 the Ger-mania Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation, issued a policy of insurance upon the life of Daniel P. Sandt, a citizen of Pennsylvania, for two thousand dollars. It was made payable to Diana Sandt, the wife of the insured, for her sole use, with a provision that “ in case of the death of the said *309Diana Sandt before tbe decease of the said Daniel P. Sandt, tlio amount of the said insurance shall be payable after her death to her children for their use, or to their guardian if under age.” In 1875…
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