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National Mem. Serv. v. Met. Life Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 8, 1946
355 Pa. 155 (Pa. 1946)

Summary

holding where non-assignment clause is contained in insurance policy, consent to assign insurance policy is not required when assignment occurred after loss

Summary of this case from Insurance Adj. Bureau v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Opinion

October 8, 1946.

November 8, 1946.

Before MAXEY, C. J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.

Appeal, No. 11, March T., 1947, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1946, No. 94, affirming judgment of C. P., Allegheny Co., July T., 1945, No. 892, in case of National Memorial Services, Inc., v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Judgment affirmed.

Same case in Superior Court: 159 Pa. Super. 292.

Assumpsit.

Judgment entered for plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, before EGAN, RICHARDSON and ELLENBOGEN, JJ., opinion per curiam. Defendant appealed to Superior Court which affirmed the judgment of the court below. Appeal by defendant to Supreme Court allowed.

D.C. Jennings, for appellant.

Edward I. Roth, with him David M. Janavitz, for appellee.


Argued October 8, 1946.


The judgment of the Superior Court is affirmed on the opinion of President Judge Baldrige.


Summaries of

National Mem. Serv. v. Met. Life Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 8, 1946
355 Pa. 155 (Pa. 1946)

holding where non-assignment clause is contained in insurance policy, consent to assign insurance policy is not required when assignment occurred after loss

Summary of this case from Insurance Adj. Bureau v. Allstate Ins. Co.

affirming on the opinion in 159 Pa. Super. 292, 48 A.2d 143

Summary of this case from Gray v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

In National Memorial Services v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 355 Pa. 155, 49 A.2d 382 (1946), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether a non-assignment clause precluded the beneficiaries of a life insurance policy from assigning their proceeds from the policy.

Summary of this case from Viola v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

In National Memorial Services, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was confronted with a situation analogous to the one at bar.

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Case details for

National Mem. Serv. v. Met. Life Ins. Co.

Case Details

Full title:National Memorial Services, Inc., v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 8, 1946

Citations

355 Pa. 155 (Pa. 1946)
49 A.2d 382

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