Weed v. Cumming
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 159, Jan. T„ 1900, by plaintiffs, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1899, No. 131, reversing judgment of C. P. No. 4, Pliila. County, March T., 1897, No. 564, on case stated, in suit of Waring S. Weed, Charles A. Weed and Sophronius A. Mundy, trading as W. S. Weed & Company v. J. K. Cumming. . Appeal from Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 159, Jan. T„ 1900, by plaintiffs, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1899, No. 131, reversing judgment of C. P. No. 4, Pliila. County, March T., 1897, No. 564, on case stated, in suit of Waring S. Weed, Charles A. Weed and Sophronius A. Mundy, trading as W. S. Weed & Company v. J. K. Cumming. . Appeal from Superior Court. From the record it appeared that the suit was brought on a policy of fire insurance for $2,500 issued by the defendants and a number of individuals and firms associated without incorporation, as the Philadelphia Fire Lloyds, each firm or individual acting…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Fell,
The facts of this case appear in its report in 12 Pa. Superior Ct. 412. The act of B’ebruary 4, 1870, makes it unlawful for any person, partnership or association to issue a policy of fire insurance without authority expressly conferred by a char*444ter of incorporation, and declares that “ every such policy, contract and guaranty hereafter made, executed or issued shall be void.” These words, in a statute forbidding an act on the ground of public policy, should be given their literal meaning. The intention of the legislature is too clear to admit of doubt, and there is…
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- W. S. Weed & Co. v. CumingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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