Susq. Mut. Fire Ins. v. Elkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OH COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 20 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 312 March Term 1882, C. P. No. 2. On March 7, 1882, William L. Elkins, trading as William L. Elkins & Co., brought case against the Susquehanna Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Harrisburg, Pa., to recover the sum of $710.36, the loss apportioned to a policy of fire insurance for $1,575 issued by the defendant company to the plaintiff.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OH COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 20 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 312 March Term 1882, C. P. No. 2. On March 7, 1882, William L. Elkins, trading as William L. Elkins & Co., brought case against the Susquehanna Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Harrisburg, Pa., to recover the sum of $710.36, the loss apportioned to a policy of fire insurance for $1,575 issued by the defendant company to the plaintiff. At tlie first trial of tlie cause, there was a judgment for the defendant on a point reserved, which judgment on April BO, 1888, was reversed by…
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Mb. Justice Clark :. This suit is upon a policy issued by the defendants, December 10,T880, to William L. Elkins & Co. against loss by fire on the Belmont Oil Works, to the amount of §1,575. The contract covered a term of one year from December 1, 1880 ; the fire occurred March 9, 1881, and the loss apportioned to this policy is $710.36 ; as to this there is no dispute.
The policy contained stipulations that the company should not be liable on the policy, or on any renewal thereof, until the premium therefor was actually paid, and the deposit made; that if the premium was paid to any…
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