Brumbaugh v. Home Mutual Fire Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 42, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Feb. T., 1900, No. 7, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John K. Brumbaugh v. Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance.
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Appeal, No. 42, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Feb. T., 1900, No. 7, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John K. Brumbaugh v. Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Bailey, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on June 5,1899, G. D. Sparr, president of the defendant company, accepted the application of John K. Brumbaugh, of Penn township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, for insurance on his “ tan baric,” located at his tannery in Lincoln township, near Entriken, in said county, to the amount of $1,000, and June…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beayer, J.,
1. Plaintiff brought his action to recover the amount of the defendant’s policy of insurance. On the trial in the court below, the defendant proved by the witness, James S. Woods, Esq., that the plaintiff had made a proof of loss to another insurance company which had issued a policy, insuring the same property, fixing his entire loss at $925.86. Upon cross-examination, the plaintiff’s attorney aslted the witness whether or not the plaintiff had not telephoned him the day of the fire, fixing his loss at a much greater amount than that stated in the proofs of loss to the…
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