Legal Opinion
St. Paul Fire &. Marine Ins. Co. v. Pure Oil Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 27, 1932PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
The plaintiffs were joint insurers of a cargo of oil owned by the defendant. Part of the cargo was lost as the result of a collision at sea on December 14, 1921. The plaintiffs in due course paid to the defendant the amount claimed by it to represent the loss. They have brought these actions at law to recover part of the sums so paid as money paid under mistake of fact. Their claim is that.the oil was overvalued by the insured. By stipulation the cases were tried together before a jury of one, verdict to be directed by the court. '
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brandyce v. Globe & Rutgers Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Globe & Rutgers Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. BalfourCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1909
- Frank B. Hall &. Co. v. Jefferson Ins.District Court, S.D. New York · 1921
- Insurance Co. of North America v. WilleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by2 opinions
- American Ins. Co. v. Gentile Bros. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- United States v. MackCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934