Ellis v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 173, Jan. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., April T., 1906, No. 40, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Mary Ellis, Elizabeth Jones and Emily Griffith, by her next friend, J. Ruskin Jones, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Scott, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 173, Jan. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., April T., 1906, No. 40, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Mary Ellis, Elizabeth Jones and Emily Griffith, by her next friend, J. Ruskin Jones, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Scott, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,839.25. Defendant appealed. ■ Error assigned was iii admitting the policy in evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The main argument for the' appellant is intended to show error at the trial in admitting in evidence the policy of life insurance on which the action was brought, without the copy of the application of the insured which was *231attached to the policy when it was delivered. It appeared from an inspection of the papers that the copy attached to the policy was not a correct copy of the original application signed by the insured, because the answers to certain questions, relating to the subject-matter on which the defense was based, made by the insured in the original statement to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Morris v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Fisher v. Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Lenox v. Greenwich InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Shields v. MiltenbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
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- Urian v. Scranton Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Lynch v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Syme v. Bankers National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Fidelity Title & Trust Co. v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
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