Doud v. Citizens' Ins.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF EBOM THE COTJBT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LACKAWANNA COUNTY. January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 819 October Term 1888, C. P. On September 22, 1888, Sarah Doud brought assumpsit upon a policy of insurance, against the Citizens Insurance Company of Pittsburgh. The defendant pleaded non-assumpsit.
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF EBOM THE COTJBT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LACKAWANNA COUNTY. January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 819 October Term 1888, C. P. On September 22, 1888, Sarah Doud brought assumpsit upon a policy of insurance, against the Citizens Insurance Company of Pittsburgh. The defendant pleaded non-assumpsit. At the trial on November 26, 1890, the following facts were shown : On June 29, 1887, the defendant company issued to- the plaintiff a policy insuring against fire, for two years from date, a dwelling-house in the village of Drinker, owned by the plaintiff and described in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Green:
On the trial of this case, the plaintiff testified that she went to the house in question on Wednesday, the day before the fire; that she had received no notice from her tenant, Mrs. Berheight, that she intended to leave the house, and that she, the plaintiff, had no knowledge until that day that the tenant had left. She was corroborated in this statement as to her going to the house on that Wednesday by the witness Mrs. Brown, and there was no testimony in the case contradicting either the plaintiff or Mrs. Brown on this subject. Both of these witnesses also…
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