Franklin Fire Insurance v. Brock
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from the Court of Nisi Prius. This was an action of covenant on two policies of insurance, brought to July Term 1866, No. 22, by the executors, &c., of John Brock, deceased, to the use of John Welsh, against The Eranklin Eire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. On the 3d of December 1857 John Brock was the owner of two five-storied brick storehouses, now numbered 242 and 244, on the west side of North Delaware AvenueJ Philadelphia.
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Certificate from the Court of Nisi Prius. This was an action of covenant on two policies of insurance, brought to July Term 1866, No. 22, by the executors, &c., of John Brock, deceased, to the use of John Welsh, against The Eranklin Eire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. On the 3d of December 1857 John Brock was the owner of two five-storied brick storehouses, now numbered 242 and 244, on the west side of North Delaware AvenueJ Philadelphia. On that day The Eranklin Eire Insurance Company executed and delivered to him a policy of perpetual insurance, No. 26,321, for $6000 on No. 242, at a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Read, J.
This action was brought on two policies of insurance, dated the 3d December 1857, for $6000 each, on two distinct five-story brick storehouses, on the west side of Delaware avenue, and extending through to Water street. Each storehouse *82covering the whole of its respective lot. The present numbers of these storehouses are No. 242 and No. 244 North Delaware avenue.. The fourth condition in each policy is, “ The sum insured on one building and the contiguous buildings on the same lot, may be insured in one policy; but there shall not be insured…
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