Collins v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Citations
- 27 Pa. Super. 353
- 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 65
Syllabus
<p>Insurance — Life insurance — Public policy — Execution for murder.</p> <p>An ordinary policy of life insurance containing no applicable provision is not a binding contract to insure against a legal execution for' crime. This rule is enforced upon the ground of public policy alone, and not out of consideration for the insurance company, to whom the advantage is incidental.</p> <p>A provision in a life-insurance policy that “after two years this policy shall be noncontestable except for the nonpayment of premiums as stipulated, or for fraud,” does not prevent the insurance company from .corn testing payment of the policy, where it appears that the insured was executed after proper conviction of murder in the first degree.</p>
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- stating, “[i]t is manifestly contrary to the first principles of civil liberty and natural justice, and to the spirit of our constitution and laws, that any one citizen should enjoy privileges and advantages which are denied to all others under like circumstances . . ..”
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Judges: Beater, Henderson, Morrison, Orlady, Porter, Rice, Smith
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