Philadelphia Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance v. Rose

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This proceeding was brought under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act1 to ascertain the coverage or non-coverage of a fire insurance policy. The appellant-plaintiff, beginning in 1943, annually issued to defendant its policy insuring certain buildings, identified as numbers 18, 19 and 20, on defendant’s land devoted to industrial uses. The policy specified the amount of insurance on building number 20 as $100,000. In August, 1946, a fire damaged part of a building on this land; defendant contended that the building damaged was part of number 20 and claimed a loss…