Commonwealth v. Vrooman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 90, July T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., March T., 1894, No. 358, for defendant on a special verdict. Indictment for issuing a policy of insurance in violation of act of Feb. 4, 1870, P. L. 14. The jury returned the following special verdict.
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Appeal, No. 90, July T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., March T., 1894, No. 358, for defendant on a special verdict. Indictment for issuing a policy of insurance in violation of act of Feb. 4, 1870, P. L. 14. The jury returned the following special verdict. “And now, to wit, March 20, 1894, the jury impaneled and duly sworn to try the issue joined in above case between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Samuel B. Vrooman, the defendant, find the following facts and present the same as a special verdict in the case : :- “ The defendant, acting for himself and as…
1Dissent
Dissenting Opinion by
Mjr. Justice Dean :
The act of February 4,1870, declares it to be a misdemeanor for any person to issue a policy of insurance against loss by fire or lightning, without authority being expressly conferred so to do, by a charter of incorporation issued according to law.
The defendant, on March 12, 1894, issued a policy to James G. Kimball in the sum of $1,000, indemnifying him against loss by fire on his household furniture contained in his dwelling house in Philadelphia, without authority expressly conferred by an act of incorporation. For so doing, he was indicted and…
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