Legal Opinion

Sack v. Glens Falls Insurance

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 28, 1947No. Appeal, 53PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Plaintiff, J. B. Sack, appeals from a judgment for defendant entered for want of sufficient reply to new matter. He brought this suit in assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance issued to him by defendant, Glens Falls Insurance Company, for a term of one year from September 19, 1944, covering property at several locations in Pittsburgh. A fire on January 8, 1945, caused a property loss at one of these locations, where liability under the policy was limited to a maximum of $20,000.

The pleadings are of particular importance in this case. In answer to plaintiff’s…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Brams v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  2. Janney v. Scranton Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Gnagey v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Busby v. Harrisburg Pipe & Pipe Bending Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  5. Smith v. FaustSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Cadwallader v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  2. Six L'S Packing Co. v. Florida Farm Bur. Mut. Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
  3. Howley v. Scranton Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  4. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. v. Sutch El AlCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
  5. Radella v. Bankers Mutual Fire InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949

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