Primo v. Safety Mutual Fire Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 294, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., No. 66, June T., 1917, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case.of Rivilli Primo v. The Safety Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Lebanon, Pa. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before' Stewart, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 294, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., No. 66, June T., 1917, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case.of Rivilli Primo v. The Safety Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Lebanon, Pa. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before' Stewart, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for f>l,204.21. Subsequently the court entered judgment in favor of the defendant non obstante veredicto. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant non obstante…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
This is a suit on a fire insurance policy. There was a partial loss. Some time after the fire the insured went to the local agent and told him he had had a fire and to quote his language, “what I lost, the horses and cows and grain and he wrote down and he said all right you go home and do nothing until I have an answer from the . company and when I have answer from the company I will let you know.” The visit to the agent was repeated several times and each time the agent told him the same thing.
*411The insured did not within the twenty days furnish proofs of loss to the…
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- Hottner v. Aachen & Munich Fire InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Devaney v. Northwestern National InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Edelson v. Norwich Union Fire InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Dunn v. Farmers' Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
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