Alloway v. General Accident Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 175, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 15, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Amanda Alloway v. The General Accident Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of accident insurance. Before Woods, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $504.20 subject to point of law reserved.
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Appeal, No. 175, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 15, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Amanda Alloway v. The General Accident Insurance Company. Assumpsit on a policy of accident insurance. Before Woods, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $504.20 subject to point of law reserved. Woods, P. J., subsequently filed the following opinion: The General Accident Insurance Company of Philadelphia issued a policy to Edmund A. Alloway, of Robertsdale, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and numbered 320,522. Said policy…
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Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
The action was on a policy of insurance issued by the defendant to Edmund A. Alloway, insuring him against injury resulting from accident. In his application the insured set .forth that his occupation was that of a “clerk in a store, not •doing porter’s work.” The policy was dated August 29, 1903. It contained the following: “In event of injuries, fatal or otherwise, resulting from an unnecessary exposure to obvious risks of injury or obvious risks of danger .... in such case the limit of the company’s liability shall be one-fifth of the amount which would otherwise be…
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