American Fire Insurance v. King Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. The case is stated in the opinion. made the following points: No question as to the power to annex conditions to the right of a foreign corporation to do business in Florida is involved, because the law attacked applies alike to individuals, firms, and corporations, domestic- and foreign.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. The case is stated in the opinion. made the following points: No question as to the power to annex conditions to the right of a foreign corporation to do business in Florida is involved, because the law attacked applies alike to individuals, firms, and corporations, domestic- and foreign. The Florida court refused to accept the construction placed upon the statute by this court in Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Hilton-Green, 241 U. S. 613, and the, constitutionality’of the act must be determined in view of the construction put-upon it by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Action on two fire insurance policies issued by plaintiff in error, to which we shall refer as .the insurance company, to defendant in error, to which we shall refer as the lumber company. Each policy was for the sum of $2,500. There was total insurance on the property described in the policies of $45,750, and it was provided that the insurance company should only be liable for its pro rata share of any loss caused by fire under the provisions of the policies. The loss to the lumber company was $21,028.17, and the insurance company’s pro rata share was on each policy $1,149.08.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Orient Insurance v. DaggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Lumber Underwriters of NY v. RifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- New York Life Insurance v. HeadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Beaumont v. PrietoSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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