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1 Monag. 609

Stambaugh v. Blake

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 1, 1888

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1888-10-01

Error, No. 51, July T. 1888, to O. P. York Co., to review a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff in an action of assumpsit by Thaddeus A. Blake, administrator of Elizabeth Baber, against Jesse S. Stambaugh, to recover the amount of a policy of insurance paid to the defendant, at Aug. T. 1887, No. 92. Trunkey and Sterrett, JJ., absent.

Decided 1888-10-01

Per Curiam,

¶1When the learned judge of the ■court below said, “ It, therefore, requires no further investigation of the facts of this case at once to declare this policy to be a wagering policy, and it appears that this money having been drawn by Jesse S. Stambaugh from the company, he cannot hold it against the representatives of the estate of the assured,” he said nothing that he was not warranted in saying by the facts and law of the case.

¶2We may here add that it is time that attorneys, at least, should learn to know that an assignment does not help a wagering policy, .and that the assignee spends his money to no purpose when. he purchases it.

¶3The judgment is affirmed.

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