Keystone Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Norris ex rel. Spangler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of January Term 1887, No. 271. This was an action of debt by Charles Norris to the use of Jacob R. Spangler against The Keystone Mutual Benefit Association on a policy of life insurance on the life of Louisa Rausch. Plea nil debet.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of January Term 1887, No. 271. This was an action of debt by Charles Norris to the use of Jacob R. Spangler against The Keystone Mutual Benefit Association on a policy of life insurance on the life of Louisa Rausch. Plea nil debet. The following are the facts of the case as they appeared on the trial before Albright, P. J. On August 6th, 1878, an application for life insurance was made to The Keystone Mutual Benefit Association, which purported to have been made by Louisa Rausch, of York, Pa. The Association, on the 29th of August, 1878,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
Jacob R. Spangler, the use plaintiff, had no insurable interest in the life of Mrs. Rausch, hence this policy, now in suit, which was taken for his use, in the name of Charles Norris, was but a wager on Mrs. Rausch’s life, and as such void *451and of no effect. A single question and answer, selected from his own testimony, proves the nature of the transaction beyond cavil. Question: — “ And it was understood between you and Mrs. Rausch, before the insurance was taken, that it was to be taken in the name of Norris, and by Norris assigned to you ? Answer: — “ Yes sir.” If now, we admit that Norris…
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