Frank B. Hall & Co. v. Lyon, Singer & Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

Plaintiff, an incorporated insurance broker, sued to recover the amount of certain premiums on marine insurance policies on the schooner “Bright,” owned by the Bright Navigation Corporation; which insurance had been obtained and paid for by plaintiff at the instance of David Cohen & Co. Trial by jury having been dispensed with, and the case submitted to the court, in the way provided by the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 109, it was heard and determined, in'the first instance, by the learned president judge of the court below, and resulted, after plaintiff’s…