Lantz v. Vermont L. Ins.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT EROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OP PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 288 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 41 March Term 1889, C. P. No. 1. On February 26, 1889, Evalina E. Lantz brought assumpsit against the Vermont Life Insurance Company, upon a policy issued by the defendant dated May 19, 1883, insuring the life of Simeon B. Lantz, in the sum of 13,000, for the benefit of the plaintiff. Issue.
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT EROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OP PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 288 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 41 March Term 1889, C. P. No. 1. On February 26, 1889, Evalina E. Lantz brought assumpsit against the Vermont Life Insurance Company, upon a policy issued by the defendant dated May 19, 1883, insuring the life of Simeon B. Lantz, in the sum of 13,000, for the benefit of the plaintiff. Issue. The policy specified, as the consideration of the insurance, the sum of 115.72, paid to the defendant by the insured, Simeon B. Lantz, and the like sum to be paid “by said…
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Mb. Chief Justice Paxson :
This was an action on a policy issued by the defendant company, insuring the life of Simeon B. Lantz, for the benefit of his wife, Evalina E. Lantz, the plaintiff below. The policy stipulated that the premiums should be paid quarterly, on the nineteenth days of February, May, August, and November in each year; that if the said premiums should not be paid on the days named and in the lifetime of the assured, the policy should cease and determine; that the acceptance of a premium after maturity should not be deemed or construed as a waiver, or as any evidence…
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