Legal Opinion

Swoope v. United States Fire Insurance

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 27, 1925No. Appeal 307PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

This is an action in assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and defendant appeals. The only errors lassigned are the refusal of defendant’s point for binding instructions and its motion for judgment n. o. v.

The evidence warrants the following statement of the material facts: Plaintiff held a judgment note against G. B. Kephart in the sum of $4500. It was entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield County. When Kephart gave the note, September 5, 1922, he signed, sealed, acknowledged and delivered to plaintiff a writing by which, in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Home Ins. v. KoobCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
  2. Light v. Countrymen's Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Lebanon Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  3. Traders' Insurance v. PacaudIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Grevemeyer v. Southern Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
  5. Niagara Fire Insurance v. ScammonIllinois Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. of North America v. AlberstadtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Abbottsford Building & Loan Ass'n v. William Penn Fire Ins.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. Miller v. the Home Ins. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  4. Continental Insurance v. McKainDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Trustee Building & Loan Ass'n v. Liverpool & London & Globe InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

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