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Show FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY TESTS A "POWDER" CASE Washington, Feb. 13. Whether many folks around Punxsutawney, Pa , havo the habit of sleeping with blasting blast-ing powder under their beds Is one of the questions that the justices of tho supreme court of the United Stitcs are supposed to be thinking about during their present ro-cess. ro-cess. Some time ago a miner living at PunxButawney was entertaining company. com-pany. A firecracker was accidentally thrown Into an open can of blasting powder. Four persons lost their lives. The house in which the explosion occurred oc-curred burned down, and its owner, Mrs. Annie Fj. Penman sought to collect col-lect Insurance. The SL Paul Fire &. Marine Insurance Insur-ance company protested against paying pay-ing on the ground that the policy was void because blasting powder wos kept in the house. Counsel for Mrs. Penman contended that It was tho custom In tho community com-munity to keep blasting powder In the homes of miners, and besides blasting powder was not included In the terms "other explosives" forbidden by the policy. The circuit court of appeals held that the verdict should have been directed di-rected for the insurance company. |