Legal Opinion

Leland v. Firemen's Insurance

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 14, 1937No. Appeal, 141PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

The question raised by this appeal is whether the plaintiff was entitled to amend his action against the defendant insurance company by adding as plaintiffs two additional persons jointly insured with him in the policy sued upon, after the time within which a new action could be brought on the policy. The court, at first, allowed the amendment, but on the trial ruled that it had been applied for too late. As the action would not lie in the name of the plaintiff alone, a compulsory non-suit was entered, which the court subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Paxos v. Jarka CorporationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Armstrong & Latta v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  3. Gentile v. Philadelphia & Reading Ry.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  4. Grier v. Northern Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  5. Goldberg v. FriedrichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Minkin v. MinkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Hartmann v. Time, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1946
  3. Downes v. HODINSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Smith v. Piper Aircraft Corp.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1955
  5. Mussolino Et Ux. v. Coxe Bros. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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