Legal Opinion

Wright v. Hartford Fire Insurance

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 13, 1909PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Howard County. Tried below before Hon. Jas. S- Shepherd.

1Opinion of the Court

CONNER, Chief Justice.

—Appellant sued upon a policy of insurance acquired by him for damages in the sum of nineteen hundred and fifty dollars done to his dwelling by lightning. The policy by its terms was to become “void” if, among other things, “the interest of the assured be or become other than the entire, unconditional, unincum- ■ bered and sole ownership of the property.” Appellee in addition to the general denial, pleaded the quoted provision of the policy in defense, and it appearing upon the trial from the undisputed proof that at the time of the alleged destruction of the property…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Dolliver v. St. Joseph Fire & Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  2. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance v. RuddellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
  3. Ellis v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa · 1887
  4. East Texas Fire Insurance v. ClarkeTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Franklin Fire Irsurance v. CrockettTennessee Supreme Court · 1881

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Lowe v. Michigan Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1950
  2. Continental Ins. Co. v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923

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