Dunn v. Farmers' Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, April T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1903, No. 1,041, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Lydia Dunn to use of Louis Rauh v. The Farmers’ Fire Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of fire insurance. Before Bbown, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for 1714.89. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was. in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
On August 2, 1902, the defendant corporation issued a policy of insurance to plaintiff for $750, on a small stock of goods in her store in the city of Pittsburg. There was another policy for a like amount in another company. On November 9, 1902, a fire occurred in the store, damaging the insured goods to some extent.- The - company received prompt notice of this fire and sent its adjuster who examined the store and goods and estimated the plaintiff’s total loss at $200, but she contended that her damage amounted to about $1,500, and she finally claimed from the…
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- Diehl v. the Adams County Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Pottsville Mutual Fire Ins. v. Minnequa Springs Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Mitchell v. Lycoming Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- National Ins. v. Brown, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Crawford County1889
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