Legal Opinion

Security Insurance v. Kuhn

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 17, 1904PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that coúrt on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hqn. E. W. Burke, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

Appellee brought this suit in assumpsit in the circuit court of Cook county upon a policy of fire insurance for $1250, issued to her by appellant on a building located at No. 140 North Union street, in Chicago, which" had been destroyed by fife. The policy contained a provision1 that it should be void “if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership, or if the subject of insurance be a building on ground not owned by- the insured in fee simple.” The defense was that the interest of plaintiff in the property insured was not that of unconditional and sole…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kirkland v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1880

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Budelman v. American InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Spengler v. KuhnIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Mishiloff v. American Central InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
  4. Cook v. Citizens Insurance Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Fray v. National Fire InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1930

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