Hardiman v. Fire Ass'n
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 361, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March Term 1901, No. 3067, on verdict for defendant in ease of Patrick Hardiman v. Fire Association of Philadelphia. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Beitler, J. At the trial the defendant claimed that the policy had been forfeited by a violation of a covenant of the insured against leaving the premises unoccupied and vacant for ten days.
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Appeal, No. 361, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March Term 1901, No. 3067, on verdict for defendant in ease of Patrick Hardiman v. Fire Association of Philadelphia. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Beitler, J. At the trial the defendant claimed that the policy had been forfeited by a violation of a covenant of the insured against leaving the premises unoccupied and vacant for ten days. An inspection of the policy showed that some of the words of this covenant had been covered by United States revenue stamps. When plaintiff was on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This was an action brought upon a policy of fire insurance to recover for a loss by fire. The property insured consisted of a dwelling house and farm buildings located in Burlington county, N. J., and owned by the plaintiff.
The policy was of the standard form prescribed by statute in New Jersey and contained among its conditions the following clause: “ This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement endorsed hereon and added hereto, shall be void, if a building herein described, whether intended for occupancy *389by owner or tenant, be or become vacant or…
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- Swan v. Watertown Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Bemis v. Harborcreek Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Moore v. Niagara Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- McClure v. Watertown Fire Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
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