Elliott v. Teutonia Insurance
Citations
- 20 Pa. Super. 359
- 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 238
Syllabus
<p>Insurance — Fire insurance — Sole ownership.</p> <p>Where a policy of fire insurance included first a stated amount on certain stock, second, a stated amount on certain machinery, and third, a stated amount on factory and office furniture and fixtures, and the policy provides that the entire policy shall be void “ if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership,” and the policy also contains a clause contemplating the covering of an interest in the subject of insurance other than the interest to be insured, provided the consent of the company is obtained, and it appears that the machinery insured was owned by a third party and that this fact was not disclosed to the company until after a fire, the whole policy is void.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding “[n]o action, by the common law, lies for damages sustained by su- ing a civil action, when the plaintiff fails, unless it be alleged and shown to be malicious, and without probable cause”
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Judges: Beaver, Orlady, Porter, Rice
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