Johnson v. Continental Insurance

The company sued in assumpsit to recover back of plaintiffs in error nearly $4000 paid them in February, 1873, upon their claim of loss under a policy of insurance the company had previously made to them on a dwelling house and personal effects contained in it. The declaration consisted of the common counts, and of a special count containing some explanation of the cause of action. The general issue being pleaded, the cause was tried before a jury who found for the company for the amount which had been paid with interest. Judgment was then entered by the court and the plaintiffs in error now…