Knowles v. Jacobs
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 41, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 280, on verdict for defendant. Feigned issue to determine tbe right to the proceeds of two policies of insurance. Before Gunster, J. Tire facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 41, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 280, on verdict for defendant. Feigned issue to determine tbe right to the proceeds of two policies of insurance. Before Gunster, J. Tire facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. JErrors assigned were (1) in refusing to admit the testimony of Mrs. Elsie Knowles, called by the plaintiff on direct examination under the following offer: By Mr. Vosburg: We offer to prove by the witness on the stand that Alanson Thomas…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company issued two policies on the life of Alanson Thomas, payable to the “ executor or administrator, husband or wife, or any relation by blood, or lawful beneficiary of the insured.” In the application for the insurance, Mary Jacobs was named as the beneficiary, and the policies were delivered to and retained by her.
Upon the decease of Thomas, both the plaintiff and the defendant claimed the insurance. The insurance company declined to pay either, and Knowles brought suit. _ The company subsequently paid the money into court, and an issue…
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