Legal Opinion

Ollie v. Security Mutual Underwriters

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided August 3, 1956No. Nos. 7213, 7214PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Ollie owned a store building in New Ellenton, South Carolina. He had two fire insurance policies on it, one with Security Mutual Underwriters for $6,000 and the other with The Fulton Fire Insurance Company for $5,500. Each policy stated that the agreed value and total insurance on the building was $11,500. Some time after those policies were in effect, and unbeknownst to those companies, Ollie took out a third policy for $3,000 with the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company. He testified he did this because the first two policies were to protect a mortgage on the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rutherford v. Royal Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1926
  2. Boyle Road & Bridge Co. v. American Employers' Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
  3. Dubuque Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. MILLERSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1951

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. John N. Bennett, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Wofford M. ShealyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
  2. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance Company v. Mrs. Myrtle Louise ThorntonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
  3. N. M. Ollie, and Cross-Appellee v. Security Mutual Underwriters, and Cross-Appellant. N. M. Ollie, and Cross-Appellee v. The Fulton Fire Insurance Company, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956

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