Suravitz v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 87, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co,, Oct. T., 1910, No. 505, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Jacob Suravitz v. Prudential Insurance Company of America. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Maxwell, F. J., specially presiding. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court and in Suravitz v. Prudential Insurance Company, 244 Pa. 582. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,040 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 87, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co,, Oct. T., 1910, No. 505, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Jacob Suravitz v. Prudential Insurance Company of America. Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Before Maxwell, F. J., specially presiding. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court and in Suravitz v. Prudential Insurance Company, 244 Pa. 582. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,040 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in refusing a new trial, answers to points, instructions to the jury and rulings on evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
This is an action on a policy of insurance issued by defendant company on the joint lives of Jacob Suravitz and Mary, his wife; the latter died and the former brought the present suit, wherein he recovered a verdict upon which judgment was entered in his favor; defendant has appealed.
There is no dispute about the fact of Mary Suravitz’s death, or that plaintiff furnished satisfactory proofs thereof. The contest turns upon two controlling defenses: (1) Alleged misrepresentations, in the application for the policy, by plaintiff and his wife of the latter’s…
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