Ostroff v. Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Arnold, J.,
This appeal is from an order of the court below in an action of assumpsit refusing to enter judgment in favor of the defendant on the pleadings. The order of the court below will be affirmed.
The pleadings disclose that the plaintiff, the American Auto Finance Company, secured a policy of automobile insurance on an automobile owned by Frank DiGrazio, and that this policy was written by the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company. The Finance Company obtained the insurance through its broker, Louis Altman. It had an insurable interest, to wit its encumbrance on the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lebanon Mutual Insurance v. Hoover, Hughes & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Swoope v. United States Fire InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- First National Bank v. Burnside National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Long v. North British etc. Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Barry v. Aetna Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
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- McDowell v. Good Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Canadian Indemnity Company v. Leo TackeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- Allcorn v. Commonwealth Mutual Fire InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Benchoff v. Western Mutual Fire Insurance, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Adams County1954