Dunshee v. Travelers Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 133, April T., 1904, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1898, No. 91, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of W. A. Dunshee v. Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford. Assumpsit on a policy of accident insurance. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
This appeal is from a judgment of compulsory nonsuit, entered in an action against the Travelers Insurance Company, insuring the plaintiff, “ an attorney at law by occupation, against loss of time .... from bodily injuries effected .... through external, violent and accidental means which shall, independently of all other causes immediately and wholly disable him from transacting any and every kind of business, pertaining to his occupation above stated,” with specific sums for loss of'life or limb. The policy provides, inter alia, that “ immediate written notice, with full…
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