Carrozza v. National Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 154, April T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 13, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Carmine Carrozza v. National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before William E. Porter, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 154, April T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 13, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Carmine Carrozza v. National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before William E. Porter, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows: [So you will see it becomes a material question in this case as to whether or not Mr. Switzer caused false answers to appear upon the application for insurance and whether or not the plaintiff here…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The plaintiff is an Italian, illiterate in the English language and unable to read in that tongue. His testimony was delivered through an interpreter. The verdict establishes that an agent of the defendant company, one Switzer, solicited him to take out an insurance policy in his company. The agent produced the requisite blank application and asked the plaintiff such questions as he deemed necessary and himself wrote down what purported to be the answers of the plaintiff to the questions propounded. The plaintiff was, as stated, unable to read the application as it was…
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