Masood v. United States Fire Ins.

Patterson, P. J.,

Plaintiff brought an action in assumpsit to recover from the defendant insurance company a loss sustained as a result of fire which destroyed valuable rugs and office furniture. The verdict of the jury was in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant insurance company, filed this motion for a new trial, in which it is alleged that the plaintiff, Dr. Masood, was incompetent to testify to the value of the property destroyed, and, secondly, that it was error to have admitted in evidence the proofs of loss, over the objection of the defendant.

Without passing upon the first reason…