Langan v. Royal Ins.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 169, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 33, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on policy of fire insurance. The insurance covered bottling apparatus, stock and furniture.
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Appeal, No. 169, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 33, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on policy of fire insurance. The insurance covered bottling apparatus, stock and furniture. Plaintiff testified that all his papers had been destroyed by fire, that he had purchased his machinery from a man named Gray, but he did not know his whereabouts, and that he manufactured nearly all his extracts and goods from substances which he purchased for cash. He further testified that he made no effort to get duplicates of vouchers. Defendants were…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Stebbett,
The policy in suit contains, inter alia, the following clause:
“ The insured, as often as required, shall exhibit to any person designated by this company all that remains of any property therein described, and submit to examination under oath by any person named by this company, and subscribe the same; and as often as required, shall produce for examination all books of account, bills, invoices, and other vouchers, or certified copies thereof, if originals be lost, at such reasonable place as *359may be designated by this company or its representative, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- O'Brien v. . Commercial Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Mispelhorn v. Farmers' Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1880
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