Legal Opinion

Vigil v. Badger Mutual Insurance

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 1961No. Docket 64, Calendar 48,258PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSouris, J.

Defendant Badger Mutual Insurance Company brings this appeal from a $1,740 judgment entered against it after jury verdict on a fire and extended coverage insurance policy issued to plaintiff.

The defense below, repeated on appeal, was that the policy of insurance did not cover plaintiff’s loss. The trial judge ruled as a matter of law, and so instructed the jury, that it did. We agree.

Defendant’s policy insured plaintiff against loss on the following 6 items and for the amounts specified:

“1. $4,000 on the frame, composition roof, 1-family dwelling. * * *
“2. $2,500 on-the contents in the above…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cottrill v. Michigan Hospital ServiceMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Patek v. Aetna Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1961

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Dow Chemical Co. v. Associated Indem. Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1989
  2. Collins v. National General InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2011
  3. Topolewski v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance ExchangeMichigan Court of Appeals · 1967
  4. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1986
  5. In Re Seitz EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1986

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