DocketNumber: Appeal, No. 227
Citation Numbers: 37 Pa. Super. 445
Judges: Beaver, Head, Henderson, Morrison, Orlad, Orlady, Porter, Rice
Filed Date: 10/12/1908
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 2/18/2022
Opinion by
This action of assumpsit was brought on a policy of insurance issued by the defendant company to recover the amount of damage sustained through a fire occurring in a bakery operated by the plaintiff. The property covered by the insurance was the tools and fixtures in the bakery, and the verdict returned by the jury was in favor of the plaintiff. It was contended by the defendant on the trial that the property changed ownership after the insurance was taken out, and this followed by a subsequent change of possession, and with the additional defense that the property destroyed was not of the value claimed by the plaintiff. The principal witness of the defendant was the insurance adjuster, who testified to a state of fact, which, if believed, would unquestionably have prevented a recovery, but in all material facts he was directly contradicted by several witnesses produced by the plaintiff. There was no controversy as to the issuance of the policy, or the payment of the premium. The points submitted by the defendant relating to the title to the property, and of its possession at the time of the fire, wrere affirmed by the trial judge, who at the request of the defendant said to the jury, “ If the jury believe from the evidence that the plaintiff was not the owner of the insured property at the time of the fire, then he cannot recover. And further, inasmuch as the policy provided that, ‘ This entire policy unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall
The.assignments of error are overruled and the judgment is affirmed.