Siebelist v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Citations

• 19 Pa. Super. 221
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 68

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Life insurance — Proofs of death — Evidence.</p> <p>Proofs of death are evidence of the facts therein stated in behalf of, but not against, the insurance company.</p> <p>Where proofs of death are called for by the plaintiff at the trial of a suit on a life policy, and produced by the defendant, and the plaintiff’s offer of a part of these papers only, is overruled by the court on the ground that all of the papers must be offered, the plaintiff may either stand on his exception to such ruling or may offer all the papers. If he pursues the latter course he is bound by the averments in the paper which was sought to be omitted, unless such averments are contradicted or qualified.</p>