Legal Opinion
Electric Gin Co. v. Firemen's Fund Ins. Co.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 8, 1935No. 3977PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATSON, Justice.
This action on a policy of fire insurance failed in the district court because barred by a policy provision that no such suit should be sustainable unless commenced within twelve months next after loss.
Appellant here contends that that stipulation is void as against the public policy of this state, as represented by the general six-year limitation upon suits on written contracts. Its reliance is on Union Central Life Insurance Co. v. Spinks, 119 Ky. 261, 83 S. W. 615, 616, 84 S. W. 1160, 26 Ky. Law Rep. 1205, 69 L. R. A. 264, 7 Ann. Cas. 913, a case well in point, and which…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Riddlesbarger v. Hartford InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Union Central Life Ins. v. SpinksCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
3Cited by15 opinions
- Nez v. ForneyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
- Wiseman v. Arrow Freightways, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
- Turner v. New Brunswick Fire Ins. Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1941
- Raja v. Ohio Sec. Ins. Co.District Court, D. New Mexico · 2018
- Patterson v. Nine Energy Serv., LLCDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2018
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