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· 4/23/1894

Clifford v. Prudential Ins.

Citations

  • 161 Pa. 257
  • 28 A. 1085
  • 1894 Pa. LEXIS 681

Syllabus

<p>Life insurance — Assignment—Practice—Amendment.</p> <p>Where a creditor, who is assignee of a policy of insurance on the life of his debtor, takes out letters of administration on the debtor’s estate, and as administrator sues and recovers on the policy, the Supreme Court, on appeal from the judgment, will permit the record to be amended so that the plaintiff may also appear as assignee of decedent, although it is doubtful whether in such a case the amendment is necessary to entitle the plaintiff to recover.</p>

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  • change in agency’s interpretation of “year” to mean calendar year instead of fiscal year was substantive change in regulation that could not be accomplished outside rulemaking procedure
  • change in agency’s interpretation of “year” to mean calendar year instead of fiscal year was substantive change in regulation that could not be accomplished outside rulemaking procedure

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Judges: Dean, Fell, McCollum, Mitchell, Willtams

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