Phillips' Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 129, Oct. T., 1912, by Fidelity Title and Trust Company, Administrator of the Estate of William Hale, deceased, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 320, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in the Estate of Elizabeth H. Phillips, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Miller, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 129, Oct. T., 1912, by Fidelity Title and Trust Company, Administrator of the Estate of William Hale, deceased, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 320, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in the Estate of Elizabeth H. Phillips, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Miller, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court dismissing the exceptions. — Parol evidence was admissible to show that the assignment of the policy, absolute in form, was only intended as collateral security: Leas v. James, 10…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The facts in this case were found by the auditing judge substantially as follows: On January 4, 1904, William Hale, who was unmarried and without children, insured his life in the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company for $5,000, payable, if she survived him, to his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Phillips. The insured had the right under the policy to change the beneficiary, and it was also provided that if no beneficiary should survive the insured, the proceeds should be paid to his estate. The insured made no change in the beneficiary. On October 16, 1905, Mr.…
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