Legal Opinion
Davis v. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co.
California Supreme Court
Decided December 14, 1910No. S.F. No. 5558PublishedCited by 12 opinions
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
J.—This is an appeal from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
The plaintiff sued to recover upon an insurance policy issued by the defendant to Henry S. Davis, in his lifetime, covering a stock of drugs belonging to Davis, contained in a store-room on the ground floor of a two-story brick building situated in the city of Santa Rosa. The fire which occasioned the loss took place on the morning of April 18, 1906, immediately after the great earthquake of that day.
The policy issued by the defendant contained the following clause: “If a building or any part thereof fall,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fred J. Kiesel & Co. v. Sun Ins. Office of LondonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
- Fountain v. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1910
3Cited by12 opinions
- Snapp v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1962
- Burch v. Valley Motor Lines, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1947
- Hughes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Export SS Corporation v. American Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- Harman v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pa.District Court, S.D. California · 1957
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