Howard Fire Insurance v. Bruner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This case came up from the Nisi Prius, PMladvlphia. It was an action by James P. Bruner, to the use of Paul Thur-lo, v. The Howard Fire Insurance Company. The narr. was in asmmpsit. The action was on a policy of insurance, executed' by the defendant on a stone building used as a woollen and cotton mill, and on the machinery contained therein.
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This case came up from the Nisi Prius, PMladvlphia. It was an action by James P. Bruner, to the use of Paul Thur-lo, v. The Howard Fire Insurance Company. The narr. was in asmmpsit. The action was on a policy of insurance, executed' by the defendant on a stone building used as a woollen and cotton mill, and on the machinery contained therein. The insurance was to the amount of $6000, viz., $3000 on the building and on fixed machinery; and $3000 on movable machinery therein; and was for one year from 17th July, 1851. The mill and machinery were injured by fire on the 12th November, 1851. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Lowrie, J.
There can be no doubt that there are important errors and omissions in the written description on which this policy purports to be founded: but the plaintiff has explained all this by the testimony of the defendants’ agents, who prove that they knew all about the property from the verbal description of the plaintiff to them, and from having surveyed it with a view to this insurance, and'that the description was made out under their advice and counsel, and then signed by the plaintiff. This raises the main question, was this legitimate…
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