Lycoming Fire Insurance v. Ruch

Opinion of the court, delivered May 27, 1872, by

Walker, J.

This (as amended) is a rule to show cause why the judgment in the above case should not he.vacated and execution be stayed. The facts are as follows :

The defendants, on the 31st March, 1871, took out a policy, No. 115,406, for $1000 in the Lycoming Fire Insurance Company for five years, on a dwelling house in Pottsville, and deposited with the company their premium note of $150, on which $12 were paid before the above judgment was entered.

On the 8th of October, 1871, the great fire in Chicago took place. The plaintiff had previously…