Standard Sewing Machine Co. v. Royal Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 250, Jan. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 430, on special verdict for plaintiff in case of Standard Sewing Machine Company v. The Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Wilt-bank, J. The special verdict is quoted in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 250, Jan. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 430, on special verdict for plaintiff in case of Standard Sewing Machine Company v. The Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Wilt-bank, J. The special verdict is quoted in the opinion of the Supreme Court. When George H. Bedient, a witness for plaintiff, was on the stand, he was asked this question: “ Q. What would it have cost you to have replaced those machines, or to have put as good machines of the same kind into that building in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mesteezat,
This was an action of assumpsit on a fire insurance policy issued by the defendant. On the trial the court below instructed the jury to return a special verdict and to answer the following questions:
1. Did Bedient take possession of the property in the interest of the machine company, and let Markle and Merryman hold it for the company after the assignment for the benefit of creditors and prior to the fire in question ?
2. Did the machine company thus acting through Bedient subject the property to hazard not contemplated by the policy and stipulated against by…
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