Commonwealth v. Biddle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 187 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 898 June Term 1888, Q. S. On June 20, 1888, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging that James C. Biddle, on July 13, 1887, at Philadelphia county, unlawfully did cause and procure the Cotton and Woolen Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Company of New England, not lawfully authorized to do business in Pennsylvania, in…
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 187 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 898 June Term 1888, Q. S. On June 20, 1888, the grand jury returned as a true bill an indictment charging that James C. Biddle, on July 13, 1887, at Philadelphia county, unlawfully did cause and procure the Cotton and Woolen Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Company of New England, not lawfully authorized to do business in Pennsylvania, in consideration of the payment of a certain premium of 169.30, in cash, by Biddle & Weiss, of which firm said James C. Biddle…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION,
Mk. Justice Mitchell:
It may be readily conceded that an act which should attempt to prevent a non-resident owner of property in this state, or a resident owner not at the time within its territory, from insuring his property in any manner lawful in the place of contract, would be void as extra-territorial. So, also, it majr be conceded that if a citizen of Pennsylvania has, by a contract validly made outside of its boundaries, incurred a liability, no law of this state can, under the constitution of the United States, prevent his fulfilling that obligation, even by an act done within…
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