Brady v. Prudential Insurance

Citations

• 168 Pa. 645
• 32 A. 102
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 850

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Life insurance — Suit on policy — Time limit.</p> <p>A stipulation in a policy of life insurance that, “ if the insured shall die three or more years after the date hereof, and after all due premiums shall have been received by the company, the policy shall be incontestable,” does not relieve the beneficiary from the necessity of bringing suit on the policy within six months from the death of the assured, as required by a clause of the policy providing that “ no suit or action at law or in equity shall be maintainable unless such suit or action shall bo commenced within six months after the decease of the person insured; and it is expressly agreed that should any such suit or action be commenced after the expiration of six months the lapse of time shall be deemed conclusive evidence against the validity of such claim.”</p>