Legal Opinion
Garcy Corporation v. Home Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 7, 1974No. 73-1298PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the troublesome question of the worth of a building that burned down shortly before it was to have been demolished.
Plaintiff owned five buildings in the same block: a seven-story building, a four-story building, a two-story building, a one-story building and a quonset hut. In April, 1970, each of the six defendant insurance companies issued identical policies totaling $300,000 against fire damage to any or all of the five buildings.
In May or June of 1970, plaintiff entered into a contract with a wrecking company for the demolition of all the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Dubin Paper Co. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Bailey T. Debardeleben and Richard Egan, Surviving Trustees of Debardeleben Employee's Retirement Plan v. Marcellus M. CummingsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Briney v. Tri-State Mutual Grain Dealers Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
- First National Bank v. Boston InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
- Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, an Agency of the United States v. Quinn HoganCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by15 opinions
- A & P General Contractors, Inc. v. Asociación Caná, Inc.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1981
- Arthur Butler, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Stover Brothers Trucking Company, a Corporation, and William D. Paulson, Defendants-Appellees-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- New Ponce Shopping Center, S.E. v. Integrand Assurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Speaker Sortation Systems, Division of A-T-O, Inc. v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Chicago Title & Trust Co., as Trustee Under Trust No. 49944 v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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