Groner v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Moschzisker,

July 11,1917, Katherine Groner sued to recover $2,000 insurance on the life of her husband, Jacob Groner, who she alleged died in the year 1917; the defendant beneficial association claimed there was no sufficient proof of death; judgment was entered on a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, and this appeal followed.

Mrs. Groner depended upon evidence of facts justifying the presumption of her husband’s death after seven years’ unexplained absence. The testimony produced shows Jacob Groner and his wife lived together for some twelve years in a house which they had…