Legal Opinion

Roemhild v. Home Insurance

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided May 28, 1929Published

1Opinion of the CourtRand, J.

The obligation of the Home Insurance Company must be measured by the terms of the policy alone and this obligation is expressly stated in the policy in these words:

“ * * loss, if any, to be adjusted with purchaser, though to be paid, subject to all conditions of this policy, only to Commercial Credit Company, Baltimore, Md., for the account of all interests.”

This was the only obligation which the insured, in case of loss, could require the company to perform. Rieden and wife were the purchasers and were so named in the policy and, since their rights in the car had been preserved up to the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Weed v. London & Lancashire Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Bond v. National Fire InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Connell v. McLoughlinOregon Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Hale v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  5. Linquist v. HodgesIllinois Supreme Court · 1911

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