Legal Opinion
Hamilton Ridge Lumber Corp. v. Boston Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 8, 1925No. 11457PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Cothran.
The action is upon a policy of fire insurance upon the lumber plant of the plaintiff lumber corporation for $31,-500, dated November 30, 1920, expiring one year thereafter, which plant was destroyed by fire on September 8, 1921. The insurance was made payable in event of loss to the plaintiff American Trust Company, mortgagee, as its interest might appear.
The defense of the insurance company was that prior to the fire the policy had been canceled in conformity with the provisions thereof relating to that subject.
At the close of the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Griffey v. New York Central InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Taylor v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- John R. Davis Lumber Co. v. Hartford Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Buckley v. Citizens' Insurance Co. of MissouriNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Tisdell v. . New Hampshire Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Parker v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
- Crotts v. FLETCHER MOTOR CO.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1951
- Matthews v. MontgomerySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
- Elmore v. Middlesex Mut. Fire Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1951
- Williams v. LeventisCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1986
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