Legal Opinion
National Fire Ins. Co. v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 3, 1944No. 2442PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FUNDERBURK, Justice.
In this suit by Charles O. Davis against National Fire Insurance Company to recover upon an insurance policy for loss, consisting of damages to merchandise, contained in a truck, caused by the overturning of the truck while in transit from Rule, Texas, to Fort Worth, Texas, the court, in a non-jury trial, gave judgment for plaintiff, awarding him recovery in the principal sum of $663.83.
The only question presented for decision is whether the merchandise at the time the truck overturned was “in the custody of the assured” within the meaning of a limitation of coverage in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- National Safe Deposit Co. v. SteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Holbrook v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Tripp v. United States Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1935
- Security Ins. Co. v. Sellers-Sammons-Signor Motor Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Koury v. Providence-Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1929
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Gulf Insurance Company v. BallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
- US Fidelity & Guaranty Corp. v. Elba Wood Products, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Airborne Freight Corporation, a Delaware Corporation Dba Airborne Express Inc v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Ed & F Man Biofuels Ltd. v. Mv FaseDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2010
- Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. Trinity Universal Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1964
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