Swingle v. Sun Insurance Office
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 198, Oct. T., 1906, by-defendant, from judgment of G. P. Bradford Co., Sept. T., 1905, No. 225, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alton T. Swingle v. Sun Insurance Office. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,306.04. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This is an action of assumpsit upon a policy of fire insurance issued September 15, 1904, to the plaintiff, insuring “his stock of merchandise, the usual variety carried in a country store, contained in his one and one-half story and basement, frame, shingle roof, store building, situate east side of Main Street, Laddsburg, Penn.” The amount of insurance was $1,250 and the term one year. A fire occurred February 24, 1905, destroying the building and goods.
The defense is that the plaintiff was not individually engaged in the mercantile business at Laddsburg, but that he…
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- Burson v. Fire Ass'n, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Monroe County1890
- Pittsburgh Insurance v. FrazeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
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