Chulek v. United States Fire Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 18, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1904, No. 670, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Elko Chulek v. United States Fire Insurance Company. Assumpsit upon a policy of fire insurance. Before Edwards, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows : [Then comes the evidence of the defense as to the judgment entered by Mendlesohn.
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Appeal, No. 18, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1904, No. 670, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Elko Chulek v. United States Fire Insurance Company. Assumpsit upon a policy of fire insurance. Before Edwards, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows : [Then comes the evidence of the defense as to the judgment entered by Mendlesohn. It seems that the plaintiff in this ease owed, or we presume that he owed, a man by the name of Mendlesohn in Mayfield, a certain sum of money, amounting to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The assignments of error which refer to the allowance of the amendment of plaintiff’s statement are not well founded. The statement as originally filed claimed of the defendant, “ the sum of eleven hundred dollars, according to a certain policy of insurance, in writing .... a copy of said policy is hereto attached and made part hereof.” Under the provisions of the *439policy attached, the defendant contracted to idemnify the plaintiff against loss by fire, “ to an amount not exceeding eleven hundred dollars, to the following described property, while located and contained as…
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