Legal Opinion

Whited v. Freystown Mutual Fire Insurance

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Adams County

Decided February 13, 1939No. 111Published

1Opinion of the Court

Sheely, P. J.,

Plaintiff, a judgment creditor of S. P. Jacques, brought this action of assumpsit against defendant company upon a policy of insurance covering a property owned by Jacques, claiming for the total destruction by fire of the property in*338sured. To the policy was attached a standard mortgagee clause making the loss payable to plaintiff as “mortgagee”.

At the trial defendant admitted, either specifically or by failure to deny, most of the allegations contained in plaintiff’s statement of claim. It was then agreed by counsel that the disputed questions of fact should be submitted to the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Whitmore v. Dwelling House Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  2. Knights of Joseph B. & L. Ass'n v. Mechanics' Fire Ins.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  3. Beeman v. Supreme LodgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  4. Clarke & Cohen v. Real Ex Rel. Stroudsburg Nat. BankSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  5. Francis v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914

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