Legal Opinion

Akers v. Farmers Alliance Insurance

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided April 11, 1925No. 25,587PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*242The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to recover on a fire insurance policy covering stacked grain which burned. Plaintiff prevailed, and defendant appeals.

The company is a mutual fire insurance company, organized and operating pursuant to statute which authorizes adoption of by-laws (R. S. 40-436), a printed copy of which must be attached to each policy, and which form part of the contract between insurer and insured (R. S. 40-441): A by-law of the company provides that in the absence of agreement indorsed on the policy, the policy shall be void if the subject…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Van Buren v. St. Joseph County Village Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
  2. German American Insurance v. DarrinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1909
  3. Commonwealth Mutual Fire Insurance v. William Knabe & Co. Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  4. Douville v. Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Humble v. German Alliance InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. Farmers Alliance InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1929
  2. Reser v. Southern Kansas Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
  3. Rickel v. Republic Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1929
  4. Jackson v. Republic Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1933
  5. Phoenix Indemnity Co. v. ZinnSupreme Court of Kansas · 1955

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