Vanderslice v. Insurance Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 200, Oct. T., 1899, by plaintiff, in a suit of C. C. Vanderslice against The Royal Insurance Company, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1897, No. 179, on verdict for defendant. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Orlady, J. dissents. Assumpsit. It appears from the record that plaintiff having exchanged certain properties with Alex. Simpson, Jr., the parties met for final settlement and the fire policies were duly assigned in blank by Mr. Simpson.
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Appeal, No. 200, Oct. T., 1899, by plaintiff, in a suit of C. C. Vanderslice against The Royal Insurance Company, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1897, No. 179, on verdict for defendant. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Orlady, J. dissents. Assumpsit. It appears from the record that plaintiff having exchanged certain properties with Alex. Simpson, Jr., the parties met for final settlement and the fire policies were duly assigned in blank by Mr. Simpson. It was suggested that in order to be effective the assignment should be noted on the books of the company and as a member of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
This case was here before upon an appeal from a judgment-entered by the court below in favor of the defendant, upon demurrer to plaintiff’s statement, and is reported in 9 Pa. Superior Ct. 233. It was then held that the statement did not admit the agency of Clayton W. Pierson in the business in which the-fraud was committed, and that it denied that he was in any way authorized by plaintiff to make any other disposition of the policies in question than to have the transfers duly noted upon the-plaintiff’s book’s. That the statement did allege his agency as a-broker…
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