Penman v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI. TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the liability of a fire insurance company on a policy of insurance, are stated in the opinion. The action is governed by the law of Pennsylvania. 22 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 1349; Mann v. Salsberg, 17 Pa. Super. Ct. 280; Musser v. Stauffer, 192 Pa.
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CERTIORARI. TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the liability of a fire insurance company on a policy of insurance, are stated in the opinion. The action is governed by the law of Pennsylvania. 22 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 1349; Mann v. Salsberg, 17 Pa. Super. Ct. 280; Musser v. Stauffer, 192 Pa. St. 398; Judiciary Act of '1789, c. 20, §34. The knowledge and.act of an insurance company’s local agent connected with the risk is the knowl- . edge and act of the company itself. Caldwell, v. Fire Asm., 177 Pa. St. 492; Davis v. Insurance Co., 5 Pa.'Super.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
' This is an action to recover the sum of $2,600, with interest, úpon a fire insurance policy for the value of a building do- .stroyed by fire. The action was brought in-the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County," Pennsylvania, and by the insurance company, the respondent herein removed to the United States Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Plaintiff’s statement, to use the local name for her pleading, alleged, a contract of insurance whereby the insurance ■company insured,, for the term of three years, against direct loss by fire, “a two-story shingle-roofed building, 28 x…
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