Delaware Underwriters of West Chester Fire Ins. v. National Union Fire Ins.

Citations

• 60 Pa. Super. 325
• 1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 189

Syllabus

<p>, ■ Insurance — Fire insurance — Reinsurance—Contract — Affidavit of defense. , •.</p> <p>In an action by one fire insurance company against another to recover a fire loss under a contract of reinsurance giving to the defendant the right to cancel “any individual risk for cause,” an affidavit of defense is insufficient which merely avers that the defendant had cancelled the individual risk in question “for cause.” In such a ease the affidavit of defense must set forth the facts from which the defendant drew the conclusion that it was warranted in cancelling the policy for cause.</p>