Universal Fire Insurance v. Block
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tlie Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1884, No. 135. Debt, on a policy of fire insurance, by David Block, against the Universal Fire Insurance Company. Pleas, non est factum, nil debet, payment with leave, etc. On the trial, before Hare, P. J., the policy was put in evidence.
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Error to tlie Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1884, No. 135. Debt, on a policy of fire insurance, by David Block, against the Universal Fire Insurance Company. Pleas, non est factum, nil debet, payment with leave, etc. On the trial, before Hare, P. J., the policy was put in evidence. It contained, inter alia, the following condition :— “ This company shall not be liable by virtue of this policy, or any renewal thereof, until the premium be actually paid to the company at its office in Philadelphia, or to an agent expressly authorized in writing by the company…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
The material assignments of error, in this case, with the exception of the third and fourth, may be disposed of in two general classes. (1) That relating to the waiver of the condition of the policy which exempts the company from all liability until the actual payment of the premium either at its office, or to an agent authorized in writing to receive the same. *539(2) That which embraces the rulings of the court on the effect and character of the proofs of loss.
We will first dispose of the tliird and fourth assignments, in which complaint is made of the learned judge of the lower court, that he…
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