Home Protective Ass'n v. Reese
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 36, April T., 1911, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., June T., 1910, No. 35, affirming judgment of justice of the peace in case of Home Protective Association of Canton, Pa., v. James W. Reese, Administrator of Falb Edwards alias Edward Farby Abati, deceased. Certiorari to judgment of a justice of the peace. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was in affirming judgment of justice of the peace.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
This is an appeal from the judgment of the common pleas affirming, on certiorari, the judgment of a justice of the peace in an action of assumpsit. The justice’s transcript and the summons issued by him described the defendant as a corporation under and by virtue of the laws of Pennsylvania, and the former shows that the claim was for “the sum of $200 due and owing on an accidental insurance policy held by Falb Edwards alias Edward Farby Abati in defendant company.” The cause of action, though informally stated, was within the jurisdiction conferred on justices of the…
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