Legal Opinion
Alliance Ins. Co. of Philadelphia v. Jamerson
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided December 7, 1935No. 806PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Ten fire insurance companies have filed their bill of complaint against defendant, alleging that they are the insurers in eleven different policies upon a stock of merchandise in East St. Louis, 111., destroyed by fire; that defendant is the insured in each and all of the said policies; that one of the provisions of each of the allegedly standard insurance contracts is that the insurer shall not be liable for any more than its pro rata share of any total loss; that defendant has instituted in the state court ten different suits at law upon the policies; that, although…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Dows v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Troy Bank v. G. A. Whitehead & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Wells Fargo & Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Kessler v. EldredSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Di Giovanni v. Camden Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Home Ins. Co. of New York v. TrotterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Jamerson v. Alliance Ins. Co. of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. TigheDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1939
- Aetna Insurance v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1955
- Continental Casualty Co. v. National Household Distributors, Inc.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1940
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