Legal Opinion
Northern Assurance Co. v. Rachlin Clothes Shop, Inc.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided March 8, 1924PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wolcott, Ch.,
delivering the opinion of the majority of the court:
1. The insurance companies demanded of the insured that it “furnish a certificate of the magistrate or notary public (not interested in the claim as a creditor, or otherwise, nor related to the insured) living nearest the place of the fire, stating that he has examined the circumstances and believes the insured has honestly sustained loss to the amount that such magistrate or notary public shall certify. ’ ’ The demand was based on a provision of the policies from which the quoted language is taken. The demand was made on…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Hoyt v. . Thompson'sNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- American Soda Fountain Co. v. StolzenbachSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1908
- Vardeman v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Goodspeed v. East Haddam BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
- D. I. Felsenthal Co. v. Northern Assurance Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by23 opinions
- K & T Enterprises, Inc., D/B/A Dairy Queen of Blissfield, and Tahani Khoury v. Zurich Insurance Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- American States Ins. Co. v. Symes of Silverdale, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 2003
- Miller & Dobrin, Etc., Co. v. CAMDEN FIRE, ASS'NNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1959
- Kimball Ice Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
- Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. of New York v. Queen City Bus & Transfer Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1925
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