Legal Opinion

Downey v. National Fire Insurance

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 14, 1915PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Berkeley County. Action by William W. Downey, receiver, etc., against the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge:

An action upon a policy of fire insurance, New York Standard form, countersigned by defendant’s agents at Martinsburg, "West Virginia, January 23, 1912, insuring The Stewart Vehicle Company, for the term of one year, against all direct loss or damage by fire, to an amount not exceeding three thousand dollars, on their buggies manufactured and in the process of manufacture, their own or held in trust on commission or sold but not delivered, etc., while situated in their three story and basement brick building, in Martinsburg, "West Virginia.

The fire destroying the entire plant…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Imperial Fire Insurance v. Coos CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. State Insurance v. SchreckNebraska Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Peck v. . GoodberlettNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  5. Tucker v. Colonial Fire InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Thompson v. State Automobile Mutual InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Collins v. New York Casualty Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Bowling v. Continental InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Downey v. German Alliance Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1918
  5. Cuzzola v. Tokio Marine & Fire InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936

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