Legal Opinion
Eisenman v. HORNBERGER
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 22, 1970No. Appeal, 135PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
This is an appeal from the judgment entered below on the pleadings in an attachment execution proceeding. The issue is one of first impression in Pennsylvania, although courts in several other jurisdictions have ruled on the question presented.
The material facts are not in dispute.
On the night of February 4, 1960, Alton Raymond Hornberger, then seventeen years of age, and Frank Scarfo broke into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eisenman and stole a quantity of liquor. The owners were out of town at the time. To minimize possible detection, the felons lit matches to find…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Sperling v. Great American Indemnity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1960
- Smith v. MoranAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
- City of Burns v. Northwestern Mutual InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1967
- American Insurance Co. v. SaulnierDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1965
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Mohn v. American Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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- Kraynick v. HERTZSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Minnesota Fire & Casualty Co. v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Physicians Insurance v. SwansonOhio Supreme Court · 1991
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