Legal Opinion
Williamson v. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1903No. 1,825PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree which avoided the award of appraisers appointed to ascertain the loss by *60fire under policies of insurance issued by the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company, the appellee.
An award of arbitrators appointed to appraise a loss under an insurance policy is supported by every reasonable intendment and presumption, and will not be vacated unless it is clearly shown that it was made without authority, or was the result of fraud or mistake, or of the misfeasance or malfeasance of the appraisers. Barnard v. Lancashire Ins. Co., 101 Fed.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Adams v. New York Bowery Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Barnard v. Lancashire Ins. Co. of ManchesterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
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