Ketcham v. Land Title & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 337, Jap. T., 1916, by defendant, from final order of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 3491, dismissing exceptions to report of referee, in case of O. W. Keteham v. The Land Title and Trust Company. Assumpsit on a policy of title insurance. Exceptions to report of Francis B. Bracken, Esq., referee. Before Finletter, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the exceptions. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 337, Jap. T., 1916, by defendant, from final order of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 3491, dismissing exceptions to report of referee, in case of O. W. Keteham v. The Land Title and Trust Company. Assumpsit on a policy of title insurance. Exceptions to report of Francis B. Bracken, Esq., referee. Before Finletter, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the exceptions. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in dismissing the exceptions. — The work of demolishing the old building was not a visible commencement of work upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
On July 9, 1912, Samuel- Shoemaker acquired title to a lot of ground situated at the northeast corner of School House Lane and Wayne avenue, Germantown, on which there was a suburban dwelling house. Shoemaker purchased the lot for the purpose of erecting an apartment house upon it on the site of the dwelling house. On August 5, 1912, he executed a mortgage on the premises to Frank H. Moss for $150,000, and the money so raised was expended in the erection of the new building. The Land Title and Trust Company, the appellant, issued its policy of insurance to…
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