Insurance Co. v. Updegraff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Euuoa to the Common Pleas of Lycoming county. This was an action of assumpsit to December Term, 1851, by Abraham Updegraff for the use of A. A. Winegardner n. The State Mutual Eire Insurance Company.
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Euuoa to the Common Pleas of Lycoming county. This was an action of assumpsit to December Term, 1851, by Abraham Updegraff for the use of A. A. Winegardner n. The State Mutual Eire Insurance Company. The plea was' non assumpsit, and payment with leave, &c. •- The action was brought upon a policy of insurance No. 549, by which the said company, “ Eor and in consideration of the sum of ten dollars, and of the premium note of twenty dollars, by the said company received, do insure Abraham Updegraff of Williams-port, in the county of Lycoming, and state of Pennsylvania, against loss or damage by…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion was delivered, by
Lewis, J.
— This was an action on a policy of insurance effected by the vendor after articles for the sale of the property and before conveyance. The sum due to the vendor, at the time of the insurance, was $2800, which was reduced by payments afterwards, so that the sum due to him at the time of-the loss was only $1192. The verdict was in his favor for the sum of $1080.50; a sum not sufficient to cover the whole extent of his interest. The house was destroyed by fire. The defence was that the lot is sufficient security for the unpaid purchase-money, and that the…
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