Hitner v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the final judgment entered in favor of the defendant in an action of assumpsit on an insurance policy. On April 9, 1907, Bobert A. Patton insured his life for the sum of $45,000 in The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. The appellants, the substituted beneficiaries, claimed to recover $3,635.55, with interest; $2,984.85 thereof being the proportionate amount of extended insurance payable under said policy; and $650.70 thereof being a balance of the dividend of $659.70 payable under said policy on April 9,1931.

On and prior to October,…