Legal Opinion
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1938No. 8658PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit' was to reform for mutual mistake, and to recover on as reformed, a policy of insurance for $50,000, insuring cotton in bales at a named location, against loss or damage by fire. The claim for reformation was that the policy misdescribed the location of the cotton insured. The claim for recovery was that 798 bales of insured cotton, of the value of $47,458.28, had been totally destroyed by fire. The prayer was for reformation of the policy, and for judgment on it as reformed for the full amount of plaintiff’s loss.
The defense to the claimed reformation was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Eames v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- McPherson v. Camden Fire Ins. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1920
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. CulwellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- Great American Ins. Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1928
- Merchants' & Manufacturers' Lloyd's Ins. Exch. v. Southern Trading Co. of TexasTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Aetna Insurance Company v. PaddockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Jones v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
- General Accident Fire & Life Assur. Corp. v. ScheroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Mike Occhiato Mercantile Co. v. Allemannia Fire Ins. Co. of PittsburghDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1951
- Aetna Insurance Company v. Travis B. Stanford, Individually and D/B/A Stanford Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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