Hill v. Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county: No. 161, to October and November Term 1868. This was an action of debt on a policy of insurance, brought by S. E. Hill against The Cumberland Yalley Mutual Protection Company.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county: No. 161, to October and November Term 1868. This was an action of debt on a policy of insurance, brought by S. E. Hill against The Cumberland Yalley Mutual Protection Company. The defendants were incorporated March 9th 1843. By a supplement to their charter, approved April 11th 1844, it was provided that they should possess all the powers and privileges, &c., conferred by the charter of the Bradford County Mutual Insurance Company. One of the provisions of that charter is the following:— “ Section 7. When property insured by this…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 4th 1869, by
Thompson, C. J.
The policy on which this suit was brought, was issued by the defendants to the plaintiff, to continue for five years from the 9th day of March 1865. On the 4th of December following, the plaintiff contracted by articles of agreement with one William D. Doak to sell to him the insured property and ground on-which it stood, for $4000. One thousand dollars of the purchase-money he received; the balance was payable in three equal annual instalments from the 1st of April 1866. The possession was to be delivered on the 1st…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ætna Fire Insurance v. TylerCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1836
- Stetson v. Massachusetts Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Masters v. Madison County Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1852
3Cited by13 opinions
- Dubin Paper Co. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Collins ex rel. Hill v. London Assurance Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Lawrence B. And Harriet F. Vogel v. Northern Assurance Company, Limited, and Mount Joy Mutual Insurance Company (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Leland v. Firemen's InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Arkansas Fire Insurance v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1900
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