Citizens' Insurance v. McLaughlin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. The action was covenant on a policy of insurance in which John Y. McLaughlin and Richard T. Leech, trading as J. Y. McLaughlin & .Co., .were plaintiffs, and The Citizens’ Insurance Company were defendants.
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Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. The action was covenant on a policy of insurance in which John Y. McLaughlin and Richard T. Leech, trading as J. Y. McLaughlin & .Co., .were plaintiffs, and The Citizens’ Insurance Company were defendants. The writ was issued to July Term 1865. On the 13th of April 1864 the defendants issued a policy of insurance to the plaintiffs “ upon the buildings of their tannery and patent leather manufactory, including bark shed and bark contained therein (except oil shed on the rear end of their lot),” and certain specified contents of the building; —…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Woodward, C. J.
Assuming that the fire originated from the use of benzole in the patent leather manufactory, the material *489question was whether the use of that article was a violation of the conditions of the policy. The policy granted the “ privilege of keeping not more than five barrels of benzole in a small shed entirely detached from all the other buildings, situated on the rear end of the lot, about 100 feet from the main building, and nowhere else on said premises.” But the shed containing the benzole was expressly excepted out of the policy.
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