Legal Opinion

McBride v. Rinard

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 6, 1896No. Appeal, No. 167PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal, No. 167, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1894, No. 396, on verdict for plaintiffs. Assumpsit to enforce personal liability of agents of a foreign insurance company which had not complied with the insurance laws. Before McClung, J. The facts appear by the opinion.

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Appeal, No. 167, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1894, No. 396, on verdict for plaintiffs. Assumpsit to enforce personal liability of agents of a foreign insurance company which had not complied with the insurance laws. Before McClung, J. The facts appear by the opinion. At the trial plaintiffs offered in evidence the following averments of their statement not denied by the affidavit of defense: 2. “ That on December 15,1893, proofs of loss as required by and in accordance with the terms of said policy were duly delivered, personally, to the…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Dean,

The defendants are insurance agents doing business at Braddock in the county of Allegheny. The plaintiffs owned and operated a steam planing mill in the borough of Rankin, same county. The mill, machinery and material of the plant, excluding the land, were worth over $5,000. On March 27,1893, the Westmoreland Insurance Company of Colonial Beach, Virginia, issued to plaintiffs a policy of insurance against fire on their planing mill property, in the sum of $1,000 for the term of one year. There was an indorsement on the policy of “ other insurance permitted,” and…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Western Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance v. Girard Point Storage Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  2. Drummond v. White-Swearingen Realty Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  3. Rothschild v. Adler-Weinberger S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1904
  4. Adler-Weinberger S. S. Co. v. Rothschild & Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1903
  5. Citizens' Bank & Trust Co. v. Scott & SandersCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1933

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