Armon v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.

Opinion by

Mr, Justice Horace Stern,

This litigation is largely concerned with the proper construction to be placed upon certain ambiguous terms of an insurance policy.

Plaintiffs have for twenty-five years been engaged in the wholesale jobbing of carpets and rugs at 35 South Second Street, Philadelphia, a building five stories in height. In 1946 they obtained from defendant Insurance Company a water damage policy for which they paid the prescribed premium. While it was in force, on May 21,1947, a heavy rainstorm occurred and water came into the building damaging their goods to the extent of…