Wilson v. Police Beneficiary Ass'n
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 75, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, front judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1918, No. 815, on verdict for the plaintiff in the case of Julia Wilson v. Police Beneficiary Association, a Corporation. Assumpsit upon a beneficiary certificate. Before Audenried, P. J. The court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount of the claim. Verdict and judgment for $2,211.40. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 75, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, front judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1918, No. 815, on verdict for the plaintiff in the case of Julia Wilson v. Police Beneficiary Association, a Corporation. Assumpsit upon a beneficiary certificate. Before Audenried, P. J. The court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount of the claim. Verdict and judgment for $2,211.40. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were answers to points (1-4) and directing a verdict for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This action is on a beneficiary certificate. The Police Beneficiary Association, defendant, is a corporation located at Philadelphia, which was chartered by the court, in 1888. In 1893 William Wilson, a police officer, applied for and received a certificate of membership in the association, which provides, inter alia, for the payment by him of an assessment of fifty cents upon the death of each member, and that upon his death defendant would pay the plaintiff, his widow, as beneficiary an amount equal to fifty cents for each member then in good standing. Wilson…
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