Boyd v. Operating Engineers Welfare Fund

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

This appeal is from the judgment of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia County, awarding the sum of $2,500.00 with interest on a claim for double indemnity benefits against appellants.

*440■ Leña Boyd, widow of Hugh Boyd, filed an action' in assumpsit' against appellants to recover $2,500.00 accidental death benefits' from a union welfare fund. Her husband, during, his lifetime, was a member in good standing in the International Union of. Operating Engineers Local Union No. 542. On-December 5,1952, he committed suicide. The present trust-fund, against which the claim was…