Home Mutual Life Ass'n v. Riel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, No. 281, Jan. T. 1888, to C. P. Lackawanna ■Co., to review a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff in an action of debt on a policy of life insurance, on the life of Patrick Gannon, deceased, by Thomas Riel and Mary, his wife, in right of said wife, against the Home Mutual Life Association of Pennsylvania, at Oct. T. 1886, No. 529. Williams and McCollum, JJ., absent.
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Error, No. 281, Jan. T. 1888, to C. P. Lackawanna ■Co., to review a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff in an action of debt on a policy of life insurance, on the life of Patrick Gannon, deceased, by Thomas Riel and Mary, his wife, in right of said wife, against the Home Mutual Life Association of Pennsylvania, at Oct. T. 1886, No. 529. Williams and McCollum, JJ., absent. The trial was had before Archibald, J. The plaintiff offered in evidence the policy on which suit was brought; also the application for the policy purporting to be signed by Mary Riel, her mark, and by Patrick Gannon, his…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
We fail to see any error in that portion of the charge of the learned judge below embraced in the first assignment of error, or in his answer to the defendant’s second point. The application purported' to be signed by Mary Eiel, for whose benefit the policy was issued. Whether the signature, which was by mark only, is genuine or not, is not much to the purpose. She accepted the policy, has paid the premium on it for several years, and is undoubtedly bound by its terms, precisely as if she had signed it. The company received the premiums and has retained them up to the present time.…
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