Leland v. Firemen's Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
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…
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