Girard Fire & Marine Insurance v. Hebard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming county: Of May Term 1880, No. 133. Assumpsit by Charles Hebard, Robert M. Forsman and Dexter Smith, trading as Hebard, Forsman & Smith, for the use of Charles Hebard and Dexter Smith, trading as Hebard & Smith, against the Girard Eire and Marine Insurance Company upon a policy of insurance. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit, payment, payment with leave and set off.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming county: Of May Term 1880, No. 133. Assumpsit by Charles Hebard, Robert M. Forsman and Dexter Smith, trading as Hebard, Forsman & Smith, for the use of Charles Hebard and Dexter Smith, trading as Hebard & Smith, against the Girard Eire and Marine Insurance Company upon a policy of insurance. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit, payment, payment with leave and set off. The facts set forth in the opinion of this court, together with the following points and portions of the charge, sufficiently state the case. The plaintiffs submitted the following…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This was an action by Hebard, Foreman & Smith, for the use of Hebard & Smith, on a policy of fire insurance for $2500, issued June 1st 1875, to expire June 1st 1876. The subject of insurance was a stock of lumber, lath, shingles and pickets at Williamsport, *49Pennsylvania. On the 29th of April 1876, Forsman sold his interest in the firm to the other members, who thereafter composed the firm called Hebard & Smith. On the same day, the policy in suit was assigned by the old firm to the new, by writing of that date. The assignment was endorsed upon the policy which was then handed by Hebard to…
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