American Fire Insurance v. Hazen
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer county: Of October and November Term 1885, No. 57. This was an action of debt by W. B. Hazen and W. A. Hazen, co-partners trading as W. B. Hazen & Son, on a policy of insurance, issued by the American Fire Insurance Company, to recover damages for loss by fire of certain premises of the plaintiffs, covered by said policy. Plea, nil debet.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer county: Of October and November Term 1885, No. 57. This was an action of debt by W. B. Hazen and W. A. Hazen, co-partners trading as W. B. Hazen & Son, on a policy of insurance, issued by the American Fire Insurance Company, to recover damages for loss by fire of certain premises of the plaintiffs, covered by said policy. Plea, nil debet. On the trial, before Mehabd, P. J., the following facts appeared : On June 1st, 1882, the plaintiffs effected an insurance with the defendant company in the sum of $1,000 on their flouring mill, machinery and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
This action of debt is brought by W. B. Hazen & Son upon a policy of the American Fire Insurance Company, to recover damages for the loss by fire of the Pine Rifle Flouring Mills in Mercer county. The insurance was affected 1st June, 1882, for one year in the sum of $1,000, as follows: “$200 on the mill building, $75 on boiler and engine, $175 on purifier and bolts; and $550 on buhrs, shafting, belts, husks, waterwheel, and all other machinery used in the manufacture of flour, feed and meal, and contained in the said mill building and boiler house.” The fire occurred 16th February, 1883, and…
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