Slattery v. Great Camp of the Knights of the Maccabees
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 143, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. McKean Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 121, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alice Slattery v. The Great Camp of the Knights of the Maccabees for Pennsylvania. Assumpsit upon a policy of life insurance.
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Appeal, No. 143, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. McKean Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 121, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alice Slattery v. The Great Camp of the Knights of the Maccabees for Pennsylvania. Assumpsit upon a policy of life insurance. Before OlMSTEAD, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the certificate upon which suit was brought contained a clause to the effect that the Certificate should be void if the member holding it should commit suicide Within one year after his admission to the order, whether sane or insane. The defendant alleged that the insured…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bt
William W. Porter,
The facts of this case are the same as those presented in the case of Slatterly v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World (in which an opinion is filed herewith) with the exception that the testimony of the witness, which is alleged to have been discovered after the judgment in the first case, was presented to the jury in this case. The appellant in this appeal is the Great Camp of the Knights of the Maccabees for Pennsylvania. The first error urged upon us is, that the court erred in not granting a new trial. Nothing is exhibited which indicates…
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