Collins ex rel. Hill v. London Assurance Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 240, Oct. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., June T., 1898, No. 51, on case tried by court without a jury. Assumpsit on policy of fire insurance,. The case was tried without a jury, before Greer, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was among others entry of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
Susan Collins, the plaintiff, was the owner of 53 acres of land, having thereon a frame dwelling house and barn, in Parker township, Butler county. On June 23, 1883, she, joined by her husband, executed to Matthew Storey a first mortgage on the land as security for a debt of $800; no bond or personal obligation accompanied the mortgage. On June 27, 1885, Storey assigned the mortgage to Philip Daubenspeck; there was then due upon it only $105 of the original debt to Storey. In addition to the mortgage security for this, which stood unimpaired, Susan Collins and her…
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