Shearer v. Mutual Fire Insurance

Wickersham, J.,

In this action, the plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant the loss which he alleges he sustained by a fire which destroyed certain of his property, which property he claims was insured against loss from fire by the defendant corporation. The defendant filed an affidavit of defense in the nature of demurrer.

The following facts appear from the plaintiff’s statement, which, under the pleadings, must be regarded as true, for the purpose of determining the question involved: Davis v. Edmondson, 261 Pa. 199. On April 3, 1925, the defendant corporation issued its contract of…