Bartlett v. Rothschild
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 191, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., March T., 1902, No. 659, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Ezra S. Bartlett and George W. Shepherd, Jr., copartners, trading as Bartlett & Shepherd, v. Jacob Rothschild. Assumpsit to enforce personal liability of an agent of a foreign insurance company under the Act of May 1, 1876, sec. 48, P. L. 53. Before Davis, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 191, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., March T., 1902, No. 659, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Ezra S. Bartlett and George W. Shepherd, Jr., copartners, trading as Bartlett & Shepherd, v. Jacob Rothschild. Assumpsit to enforce personal liability of an agent of a foreign insurance company under the Act of May 1, 1876, sec. 48, P. L. 53. Before Davis, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Under binding instructions from the court, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for 12,888.40, subject to the point…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
Bartlett and Shepherd, a Philadelphia trading firm, obtained from The Commercial Fire Insurance Company of Wilmington, Delaware, a corporation foreign to the state of Pennsylvania, and unauthorized to do business therein, a policy of insurance on their barge, “ Raritan.” The vessel having been lost at sea and the insurance company proving insolvent, this *424action was brought against the appellant to recover from him individually the amount of the policy, on the ground that it had been obtained through him in Philadelphia, while he was there acting for and in behalf…
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