BELEY v. PA. MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.


373 Pa. 231 (1953)

Beley v. Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

February 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Lewis Jones, with him W. Denning Stewart and Stewart & Jones, for appellant.

Samuel J. Goldstein, with him Herbert Jacobson, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and MUSMANNO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, February 14, 1953:

Is the present struggle in Korea a "war" within the meaning of that term as employed in a certain life insurance policy? That is the question for decision in this litigation. In the action brought to recover on such a policy the County Court of Allegheny County awarded to plaintiff, under the terms of the policy, only a return of the amount of the premiums which...

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