Leves v. National Slavonic Society of United States of America

Citations

• 54 Pa. Super. 201
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 40

Syllabus

<p>Beneficial societies ■ — ■ Wife — Death benefits — Misrepresentations — Affidavit of defense.</p> <p>In an action against a beneficial society to recover death benefits, where the statement of claim avers that the plaintiff was the wife of the deceased member, designated by him as beneficiary, and that he died in good standing, an affidavit of defense is insufficient which merely avers that the plaintiff was not the legal wife of the deceased, and that his legal wife was living in Hungary, without, however, naming her; that the deceased had entered the society by fraud, and by misrepresenting facts, without stating what such facts were; and that he had not led a moral and honorable life as was required of him by the bylaws, without, however, stating any facts from which the court could infer that he had led an immoral life.</p>