Yelda v. W. & S. Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Gawthrop, J.,
This is an action on a policy of life insurance issued by defendant on the life of Frank Shivak in the sum of $500. No beneficiary was designated in the policy, nor did it provide that it was payable to the executor or administrator of the insured. It contained a clause headed “Facility of Payment,” which is as follows: “The company may make any payment or grant any non-forfeiture provision provided for in this policy to any relative by blood or connection by marriage of the insured, or to any person appearing to the company to be equitably entitled thereto by reason of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lewis v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Williard v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Heubner v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909
- O'Hara v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
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- Volkwein v. Volkwein, Exr.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Peters v. Colonial Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Pashuck, Admr. v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Kassow v. FeldmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936