Legal Opinion
Tabbut v. American Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 1, 1904PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff, having in her possession a . piano which she held under a contract of conditional sale, obtained insurance on it in the sum of $800 by a policy in the Massachusetts standard form in the defendant company. The piano having been destroyed by fire, she brings this action to recover under the policy.
The contract under which she held the piano acknowledged her receipt of it “ by way of conditional sale,” and contained an agreement to pay $5 at that time, and $4.50 on the first day of each month thereafter, until the sum of $215, which was stated to be its value, should be paid in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wells v. CalnanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Butterfield v. ByronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Washington Mills Emery Manufacturing Co. v. Weymouth & Braintree Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Wainer v. Milford Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Williams v. Roger Williams InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Harrington v. Agricultural Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
- Kingsley v. SpoffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Tarrant Land Co. v. Palmetto Fire Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Bright v. Hanover Fire InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1907
- Coniglio v. Connecticut Fire Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1919
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