Grossbaum Ceramic Art Syndicate v. German Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 158 and 159, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1903, Nos. 936 and 937, on verdict for defendants in case of The Grossbaum Ceramic Art Syndicate v. The German Insurance Company of Freeport, Illinois, and The Grossbaum Ceramic Art Syndicate v. The Potomac Insurance Company of the District of Columbia. Assumpsit on a parol contract of insurance.
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Appeals, Nos. 158 and 159, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1903, Nos. 936 and 937, on verdict for defendants in case of The Grossbaum Ceramic Art Syndicate v. The German Insurance Company of Freeport, Illinois, and The Grossbaum Ceramic Art Syndicate v. The Potomac Insurance Company of the District of Columbia. Assumpsit on a parol contract of insurance. Before Brown, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. . The court charged in part as follows : In measuring the value of testimony in this case, and in all cases, it is…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestbezat,
These two actions are assumpsit brought by the Grossbaum Ceramic Art Syndicate against the German Insurance Company of Freeport, Illinois, and the Potomac Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, on two preliminary contracts for the insurance of certain ceramic goods which are alleged to have been the property of the plaintiff company, and destroyed by fire at Atlantic City, N. J., on April 3, 1902. The cases involve the same questions and were tried together in the court below. Verdicts were rendered for the defendant companies, and from the judgments…
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