Hower v. Susquehanna Mutual Fire Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 39, March T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Juniata Co., April T., 1896, No. 138, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit. Before Lyons, P. J. It appears from the evidence that this action was brought to recover on a $500 risk placed on a dwelling house totally destroyed by fire. There was no dispute as to the fact of its being a total loss.
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Appeal, No. 39, March T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Juniata Co., April T., 1896, No. 138, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit. Before Lyons, P. J. It appears from the evidence that this action was brought to recover on a $500 risk placed on a dwelling house totally destroyed by fire. There was no dispute as to the fact of its being a total loss. The defendant company was notified by letter of the fact, and an adjuster visited the premises and made up a proof of loss at a valuation of $175, but the parties separated without a settlement. The testimony was conflicting as to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblady, J.,
The plaintiff’s property, which was covered by a policy of insurance issued by the defendant, was totally destroyed by fire on July 14,1895. Pursuant to a notice of the loss, R.Wilson Hoffman, the assistant secretary of the company, called on the plaintiff on July 18, and with him viewed the ruins with the intention of adjusting the loss. After which these two persons repaired to the office of a justice of the peace, before whom the adjuster offered to make up the proofs of loss by fixing the value of the property at the time of the fire at $175, but the parties separated…
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