Legal Opinion

United Security Life Insurance v. Brown

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 18, 1921No. 1; Appeal, No. 1PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal, No. 1, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1917, No. 743, on verdict for defendant, in case of United Security Life Insurance & Trust Co. of Penna. v. George W. Brown. Scire facias sur mortgage. Before Maxwell, P. J., specially presiding. . . The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict and judgment for defendant: See 19 Lackawanna Jurist 1. Plaintiff appealed.

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Appeal, No. 1, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1917, No. 743, on verdict for defendant, in case of United Security Life Insurance & Trust Co. of Penna. v. George W. Brown. Scire facias sur mortgage. Before Maxwell, P. J., specially presiding. . . The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict and judgment for defendant: See 19 Lackawanna Jurist 1. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, among others, was refusal of defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

The plaintiff issued a policy of insurance upon the life of Roger W. Tyler at the request of his uncle, the present defendant. It differed from the ordinary endowment contract in that the amount of insurance was paid in full at the time of its execution. To secure the company in the collection of the premiums, a mortgage was taken—which covered the cost of insurance, plus the interest on the sum advanced, and other charges—to he satisfied at the end of the endowment period, provided there was no default in payments fixed; or sooner, if the insured should die. A…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Ruse v. . the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
  2. Kuhn v. BuhlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  3. Crotty v. Union Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Singleton v. St. Louis Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
  5. Peters v. GrimSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Young v. HippleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  2. Hartman v. LubarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  3. Shannon's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  4. Aetna Life Insurance Company v. MessierDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Northwest Amusement Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1940

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