Legal Opinion
Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Shapiro
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 1, 1934PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
This is a suit in equity brought by an insurance company against the owner of a building in Boston and the first and second mortgagees thereof to reform a fire insurance policy on such building by adding thereto a so called “80% Reduced Rate Clause” providing, in substance, that the plaintiff shall be liable for no greater proportion of any loss than the amount of the policy bears to eighty per cent of the actual value of insured property at the time of the loss. The parties agreed that a fire occurred on the premises on July 21, 1931, that under the insurance policy the plaintiff was liable…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kidder v. GreenmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Martin v. JablonskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Barrell v. BrittonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Commonwealth Mutual Fire Insurance v. William Knabe & Co. Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Ritson v. Atlas Assurance Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Lowell Bar Ass'n v. LoebMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Andrews v. CharonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Eno v. Prime Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Caron v. Horace Mann InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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