German Ins. v. Hearne

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

Each of these writs of error raises the same question, and they may therefore be disposed of together. The evidence upon which the question .arises was not disputed, and may be summarized as follows:

In December, 1900, Frank J Hearne, the plaintiff below, bought a large and handsome residence in the city of Pittsburgh. At the time he was living in a hotel in that city, and before he moved into the house that he had purchased, he desired to put it in thorough order, and to make some minor improvements therein. No structural change was contemplated, and none was…