Haws v. St. Paul F. & M. Ins.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MERCER COUNTY. No. 130 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 156 June Term 1885, C. P.' On May 23, 1885, A. J. Haws brought assumpsit against the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, upon a policy of insurance against fire and lightning. The defendant pleaded non-assumpsit.
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MERCER COUNTY. No. 130 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 156 June Term 1885, C. P.' On May 23, 1885, A. J. Haws brought assumpsit against the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, upon a policy of insurance against fire and lightning. The defendant pleaded non-assumpsit. At the trial on April 1,1887, the following facts were shown: The plaintiff was the owner of a stock farm in Mercer county, and engaged in raising thereon finely bred horses. On March 19, 1883, he obtained from the defendant company a policy of insurance…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mb. Justice Clark :
This action was brought upon a policy of insurance of the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, to recover for the loss of a suckling colt, killed by lightning. The plaintiff, A. J. Haws, is the owner of a stock farm in Mercer county, upon which was erected a frame bank barn. The policy of insurance is dated March 19, 1883, and the company by its terms agreed to insure the plaintiff against loss or damage by fire, to an amount not exceeding $2,500 on the barn and its contents. The property insured is classified and recited in the policy, the last item being “…
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