Carpenter v. Allemannia Fire Ins.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 356, Jan. T., 1893, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 127, on verdict for plaintiff, Henry Carpenter, assignee of Joseph Bradel, to use. Assumpsit on policy of fire insurance.
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Appeal, No. 356, Jan. T., 1893, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 127, on verdict for plaintiff, Henry Carpenter, assignee of Joseph Bradel, to use. Assumpsit on policy of fire insurance. At the trial, before Brubaker, J., it appeared that the policy was upon the two story brick dwelling house, with slate roof, and its additions, adjoining and communicating, including foundations, porches, verandas, gas and water pipes and connections, and stationary apparatus therein, situated at Nos. 502-4 on the south side of West King street, Lancaster, Pa. A frame…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
There appears to be nothing in either of the specifications of error that requires a reversal of the judgment. ' The points for charge, recited in the first three specifications respectively, were rightly refused. The remaining specification, viz.: “ The verdict was against the law and the evidence,” might have been addressed to the court below on a motion for a new trial, but it has no place here.
As specified in the policy, the insurance was “$1,000, upon the two story brick dwelling house with slate roof and its additions adjoining and communicating, including foundations,…
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