Pittsburgh Storage Co. v. Scottish Union & National Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 309, Oct. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1894, No. 449, for plaintiff on case stated. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance.
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Appeal, No. 309, Oct. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1894, No. 449, for plaintiff on case stated. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. The case stated was as follows: “ The Scottish Union and National Insurance Company, of Edinburgh, by its policy numbered 1,660,970, duly executed and delivered, insured the Pittsburg Storage Company from the 24th day of January, 1893, to the 24th day of January, 1894, to an amount not- exceeding two thousand five hundred (#2,500) dollars, against all direct loss or damage by fire to the property which in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mc. Justice McCollum,
The learned, court below applying well settled rules in the construction of the policy in question concluded that the merchandise to which this contention relates was insured by the defendant to the extent of the plaintiff’s storage liens upon it. That the plaintiff by virtue of these liens had an insurable interest in it is not questioned. There was no specification in the policy or in the application therefor of the nature and amount of this interest, nor was it necessary that there should be. The law on this subject is tersely stated in 7 Am. & Eng. Ency. of…
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