Legal Opinion
Dickerson v. Franklin Nat. Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 18, 1942No. 4938PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an action to recover on a fire insurance policy in the sum of $5,000 covering lumber stacked on a saw mill yard in Monroe County, West Virginia. The policy was one of several insuring' the lumber in the-total sum of $30,000. Upon destruction of the lumber by fire, plaintiff filed proofs of loss, claiming the full amount of the policy and stating that approximately 1,100,000 feet of lumber of a value exceeding $40,000 had been destroyed and, upon refusal of the company to accept liability, instituted action against it for recovery in accordance with the proofs of…
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- Miller v. Home Insurance Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1915
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