Kness v. Anchor Fire Insurance

Citations

• 31 Pa. Super. 521
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 248

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Fire insurance — Proofs of loss — Waiver—Local agent — Act of June 27, 1883, P. L. 165.</p> <p>The Act of June 27, 1883, P. L. 165, does not authorize the local agent of a fire insurance company who has countersigned a policy to waive a covenant in the policy imposing upon the insured the duty of furnishing written proofs of loss within sixty days after the fire.</p> <p>Even if the local agent had such authority, its exercise would not be shown by proof that he told the insured that he had a letter from the company, that an adjuster would come, and that the insured should prepare proofs of loss, and hold them until the adjuster arrived.</p>