Yeier v. Hanover Fire Insurance

Citations

• 63 Pa. Super. 258
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 146

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Fire insurance — Affidavit of defense — Affidavit of stranger.</p> <p>In an action upon a policy of fire insurance an affidavit of defense made by a person who describes himself as “adjuster and authorized agent of the defendant for the purpose of making affidavit of defense,” is insufficient where the deponent does not state why an officer of the company does not make the affidavit, and he does not aver that he has personal knowledge of the facts averred, does not set forth the source of his knowledge, does not aver that he believes the statements made by him to be true, or aver that he expects to be able to prove them at the trial.</p>