Columbia Insurance v. Buckley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1876? No. 123. Assumpsit, by the Columbia Insurance Company, against John Buckley, James Johnson and Charles Scott, trading- as John Buckley & Co., in which.the following case was stated for the opinion of the court:— The plaintiff, a mutual fire insurance company, incorporated by Act of General Assembly, approved February 27th 1860, Pamph.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1876? No. 123. Assumpsit, by the Columbia Insurance Company, against John Buckley, James Johnson and Charles Scott, trading- as John Buckley & Co., in which.the following case was stated for the opinion of the court:— The plaintiff, a mutual fire insurance company, incorporated by Act of General Assembly, approved February 27th 1860, Pamph. L. 1860, p. 81, insured the property of defendants, on the 9th day of September 1871, for $3000, for five years, receiving in consideration a cash premium and a premium-note,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This was a ease stated. The plaintiff is a mutual fire insurance company. The insurance was taken for five years from the 9th of September 1871. The claim was for two assessments on the premium-note. One was made on the 10th of May 1873, the other on the 12th of January 1874. Due notice of each assessment had immediately been given, and demand of payment made.
One of the conditions of the policy declared, “whenever an assessment has been made by the directors of this company, on the premium-notes of its members, if tbe amount assessed on the premium-note given on this policy is not paid within…
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