King v. Lancaster County Mutual Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Jan. Term, 1909, No. 21, on verdict for defendant in case of W. D. King, to use of R. V. Alexander, his Trustee in Bankruptcy, v. The Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Landis, P. J., The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts of the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 7, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Jan. Term, 1909, No. 21, on verdict for defendant in case of W. D. King, to use of R. V. Alexander, his Trustee in Bankruptcy, v. The Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Landis, P. J., The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts of the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
On May 25, 1891, W. D. King became the fee simple owner of a tract of land with improvements thereon described in his deed from A. L. Neff and wife. On Au-. gust 14, of that year, the defendant company issued its policy of insurance to W. D. King, on the frame dwelling house erected on the land conveyed by Neff to him. On October 4, 1905, during the life of this policy, W. D. King and wife conveyed this property to C. H. Obreiter, and on the same day Obreiter conveyed it to Sadie A. King, the wife of W. D. King. On neither conveyance was there any reference made to the…
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