Greenberg v. Aetna Insurance

Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Bell,

Plaintiff appeals from the Orders of the Court of Common Pleas which sustained defendants’ preliminary objections and dismissed his complaints in trespass for libel, because they showed on their face that plaintiff had no cause of action.

Greenberg was indicted for arson, burning to defraud an insurance company, and conspiracy to commit arson. He was tried on these indictments and found not guilty.

Thereafter Greenberg filed a complaint in assumpsit in the Court of Common Pleas against Aetna Insurance Company and another against United States Fidelity and…