Legal Opinion
First Christian Church v. Hartford Mutual Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 20, 1954PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, J.
This case is improperly styled. The plaintiff Church and its Trustees obtained a judgment against the defendant insurance companies which have perfected this appeal.
The question before us grows out of that part of the law on insurance relating to “hostile” and “friendly” fires, and, except for an incidental mention in Allied American Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Wesco Paving Co., 35 Tenn. App. 154, 243 S. W. (2d) 141, is of first impression in Tennessee so far as our reported cases are concerned.
The First Christian Church of Greeneville, herein called the insured, had policies of insurance with…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- California Insurance v. Union Compress Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Wallace v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1949
- Brown v. Tennessee Auto Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1951
- O'Connor v. Queen Insurance Co. of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Way v. Abington Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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- Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance v. F. E. McMillanTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- Barcalo Manufacturing Co. v. Firemen's Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965