Lutz v. Royal Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 299, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Pliila. Co., June T., 1900, No. 492, on verdict for plaintiff in ease of Francis A. R. Lutz, J. Edward Lutz, Julia A. Klein, Ulysses S. Lutz, Charles A. Lutz and Maria A. Burling v. Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Wilt-bank, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $6,818. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 299, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Pliila. Co., June T., 1900, No. 492, on verdict for plaintiff in ease of Francis A. R. Lutz, J. Edward Lutz, Julia A. Klein, Ulysses S. Lutz, Charles A. Lutz and Maria A. Burling v. Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Wilt-bank, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $6,818. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned among others were answers to defendant’s second and third points quoted in the opinion of the Supreme…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
The policy issued by defendant to plaintiffs on which this suit was brought, is dated January 4, 1900, and indemnifies plaintiffs in sum of $6,000 for one year against loss by fire on building No. 123 South 11th street in Philadelphia. It was a renewal of a one-year policy on same building issued January 4, 1899. After the first policy was issued, in July, 1899, plaintiffs let three of the floors to the “ Thomas H. McCollin Company,” a company engaged in the business of dealing in photographic supplies, and that company continued as tenants down to March 22, 1900,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fraim v. National Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Citizens' Insurance v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
3Cited by3 opinions
- Beddall v. Citizens InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Kramer v. Rhode Island InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. PenmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1907