Welsh v. London Assurance Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 179, Oot. T., 1892, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 71, on verdict for plaintiff, Ruhamah Welsh. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. At the trial, before Taylor, P. J., it appeared that plaintiff owned a life interest in real estate under the will of her deceased husband.
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Appeal, No. 179, Oot. T., 1892, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 71, on verdict for plaintiff, Ruhamah Welsh. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. At the trial, before Taylor, P. J., it appeared that plaintiff owned a life interest in real estate under the will of her deceased husband. In 1888, A. J. Neeley, a solicitor of insurance for Barbour & Dunbar, defendant’s agents at Titusville, approached plaintiff on the subject of insuring her personal property and the house and barn in which she had a life interest. There was some conversation between them…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Mitchell,
Eight of the eighteen assignments of error relate to the notice of the fire and the proofs of loss. As to the notice, Cluff testified that Ray, the adjuster, was sent to the place under instructions from himself or the company, and it is undisputed that Ray was there a week after the fire. This was conclusive evidence of notice to the company.
As to the proofs of loss, although they are conceded to be informal they come plainly within the rule laid down in Gould v. Insurance Co., 184 Pa. 570, 588, and the circumstances under which they were delivered, put upon…
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