Imperial Fire Insurance v. Murray
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Writs of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of September Term 1872, No. 2 and 5. The cases in which these writs of error were taken, were tried together in the court below, and heard together on error in the Supreme Court. Both actions were brought to September Term 1870 of the court below, by William Murray, Richard.
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Writs of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of September Term 1872, No. 2 and 5. The cases in which these writs of error were taken, were tried together in the court below, and heard together on error in the Supreme Court. Both actions were brought to September Term 1870 of the court below, by William Murray, Richard. Winlack and Walter Randall, trading as Murray, Winlack & Randall, on two policies of insurance: the first against The Imperial Eire Insurance Company; the second against The North British and Mercantile Insurance Company. They were tried June 13th 1871,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 7th 1873, by
Mercur, J.
These two cases were argued together. The facts and principles of law involved are substantially the same in each. The same property is covered by each policy; each is for one year from the 17th of September 1869. The loss occurred January 19th 1870.
The plaintiffs have filed twenty-three assignments of error. We will not consider them separately. The twenty-second and twenty-third assignments are based upon an alleged false representation in the application. As we are not furnished with a copy of the application, we are unable…
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