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Born v. Home Insurance Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 12, 1903PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Cedar District Court. — Hon. W. N. Treich-XjER, Judge. ActioN on a fire insurance policy. Trial to the court, and a judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSheewin, J.

This is the second appeal in this case. The decision on the first appeal is reported in 110 Iowa, 379, where a full statement of the facts will be found. We there held that sections 1729 and 1780 of McClain’s Code had not been complied with, and that the notice sent to the plaintiff was not sufficient to suspend the policy.' To avoid the effect of that holding, the defendant urges that the contract is an Illinois contract, and that the statute in question does not apply thereto or control it. With this contention we cannot agree. It is, of course, elementary that a contract is never made…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Allgeyer v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Born v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  3. Commonwealth Mutual Fire Insurance v. William Knabe & Co. Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  4. Jordan v. State InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
  5. Siltz v. Hawkeye Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Cottingham v. Maryland Motor Car InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
  2. Arnold v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1915
  3. Carter v. Bankers Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1909
  4. National Quicksilver Corp. v. World Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
  5. White v. Empire State Degree of HonorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911

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