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Potter v. Phenix Ins.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri

Decided May 21, 1894PublishedCited by 8 opinions

This was an action by Anna Potter and others against the Phenix Insurance Company to recover under an alleged contract of fire insurance.

1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, District Judge

(charging jury). The court will first, give you in charge some instructions which have been conceded to the parties in the case, that they may be gotten out of the court’s way before it proceeds to the further charge in the case. On behalf of the plaintiff the court concedes these declarations of law:

“The court; instructs the jury that the plaintiff in this case seeks to recover upon a contract of insurance, no policy having been issued to her by ilie defendant. The issuance of a policy is not necessary to render a contract of insurance valid. It may be effected by a verbal agreement between…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. The Distilled SpiritsSupreme Court of the United States · 1871

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. v. R. E. Parsons Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  2. Cleveland Oil Co. v. Norwich Ins. SocietyOregon Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Pacific Fire Insurance v. DonaldTexas Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Whitman v. Milwaukee Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Rhoden Investment Co., Inc. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1973

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