Legal Opinion
Lemley v. McClure
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 17, 1936No. Appeals, 44 and 59PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Baldrige, J.,
These two appeals, which were argued together and will be disposed of in one opinion, arose out of a dispute over the application of the proceeds of two assigned life insurance policies issued to Ernest H. Lemley, each in the sum of $1,000, naming Estelle D. Lemley, the insured’s wife, as beneficiary.
The insured became in arrears in his rent to R. E. McClure, his landlord. On May 2, 1929, he and his wife, assigned all their “right, title, claim, interest and benefit” in policy No. 27487 to McClure, “as his interest may appear.” On December 12, 1930, the debt in the…
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