Coursin v. Pennsylvania Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action of covenant, by Benjamin Coursin against •The Pennsylvania Insurance Company on a policy of insurance, to which defendants pleaded non est factum, covenants performed absque hoc, plaintiff had no insurable interest in the property, to which was added an additional plea, setting forth that by the conditions of the insurance, a suit for any loss or damage was not sustainable, unless commenced within six…
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Error, to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action of covenant, by Benjamin Coursin against •The Pennsylvania Insurance Company on a policy of insurance, to which defendants pleaded non est factum, covenants performed absque hoc, plaintiff had no insurable interest in the property, to which was added an additional plea, setting forth that by the conditions of the insurance, a suit for any loss or damage was not sustainable, unless commenced within six months next after such loss or damage occurred. The material facts of the case were as follows: — On the 20th day of July, a.…
1Opinion of the Court
*329The opinion of the court was delivered by
Thompson, J.
All theassignments of error present, substantially, but two questions. First, to the admission of, and rulings of the court upon, the record from the Circuit Court of Illinois; and secondly, their instructions relative to the condition in the policy limiting the time within which an action may be brought for a loss, including their views in regard to the alleged waiver by the agent of the company.
The record of the proceedings in equity in the Circuit Court of Illinois, was received, not on the footing of a decree, or judgment between the…
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