Anderson v. Alta Friendly Society

Citations

• 26 Pa. Super. 630
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 369

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Life insurance — Reinstatement of member — Health certificate.</p> <p>The rules of an insurance society provided that no delinquent member should be reinstated unless a certificate be given by the member, known as a health certificate, which provided that if the delinquent member died as the result of any sickness arising within ten days from the date of the certificate no death benefits should be paid. A member who had in a number of previous cases been reinstated after having become delinquent, on giving such certificate, gave money to her son to have herself reinstated. The son paid the money and signed the health certificate. The insured died within ten days thereafter. Held, (1) that the son had authority to sign the health certificate; (2) that there was nothing in the previous dealings to indicate any waiver of forfeiture; (3) that the society was not liable for death benefits.</p>