Hallauer v. Fire Ass'n of Philadelphia
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Berkeley County. Assumpsit by George Hallauer and others against the Fire Association of Philadelphia. Judgment for plaintiffs, •and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
•Lynch, Judge :
Plaintiffs brought assumpsit to recover the amount of an insurance policy issued, they allege, by the defendant November 2, 3915, to indemnify them against loss that might result, and three days later did result, from the destruction Iby fire of the property insured, and obtained the judgment 'to which defendant prosecutes this writ. The chief defense interposed in the trial court and relied on here rests solely upon the ground that the contract pleaded and offered in •evidence never was and is not now such a contract as re•quired defendant to render compensation for the…
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