ROBINSON v. EMPIRE MUT. F. INS. CO. OF PA.


380 Pa. 499 (1955)

Robinson v. Empire Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Haas, with him Gerber & Galfand, for appellant.

Francis Logan, with him Robert C. Duffy, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and MUSMANNO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, March 14, 1955:

The defendant insurance company appeals from a refusal of the court below to grant a new trial or judgment n.o.v. on a verdict gained by the plaintiff on a policy of insurance against loss by theft.

The genesis of this lawsuit was a telephone conversation in March, 1952, between the plaintiff and a clerk in the office of an insurance broker when the plaintiff described the equipment to be insured as a 1949 Freuhauf...

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