28 A.2d 367 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1942
Argued April 20, 1942. This is an action in assumpsit which has been tried three times. A new trial was granted after each of the prior trials. At the first trial the jury found for plaintiff; at the second the verdict was for defendant; and at the third the verdict was again in plaintiff's favor. Defendant's motions for judgment n.o.v. and a new trial were overruled, and it has appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.
The judgment must be affirmed.
Plaintiff's wife died on August 1, 1935. In June, 1917, defendant had issued a membership certificate to her through one of its local lodges or assemblies. Defendant refused to pay the death benefits under the certificate, whereupon plaintiff brought this action. The defense was that deceased had been expelled on May 20, 1934, for nonpayment of dues. If deceased had paid her dues in accordance with the by-laws, plaintiff was entitled to recover. The evidence was conflicting, and was such that binding instructions for defendant could not have been given. Thomas,Adm'r, v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.,
Defendant has assigned as error the refusal of its motion for a new trial, quoting the motion verbatim which contains only the stereotyped reasons. The case involved merely a question of fact. The credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence were primarily for the jury. Wilson v. Kallenbach,
No exception was taken to the charge of the court or to any part thereof, and no argument is presented that it contains any reversible error.
All the assignments of error are overruled.
Judgment is affirmed.