Hollobaugh v. Peoples' Ins. Ass'n

Citations

• 138 Pa. 595
• 22 A. 29
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 1137

Syllabus

<p>[To be reported.]</p> <p>(a) A certificate of membership, in a mutual accident insurance association, stipulated for the payment of weekly relief in the event of accidental injuries to the member, permanently disabling him totally or partially, and the maximum number of weeks during which relief would be allowed for each.</p> <p>(&) Indorsed on the certificate was a clause that payment of weekly relief, for periods scheduled, should be in full satisfaction of all claims, whether the injuries were totally or partially disabling; the schedule specifying certain injuries, with a period of relief for each, and stating that injuries not specified would be adjusted on their merits:</p> <p>1. The stipulations in the indorsement must be construed as applying to such injuries only as were within the terms of the contract found in the body of the certificate; and, as the certificate provided for liability only in ease of a total or partial but permanent disability, no liability existed for a disability which was but temporary.</p>