Baker v. State Insurance
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. M. E. Baker sued the State Insurance Company, of Salem, Oregon, on a policy of fire insurance, and recovered a judgment for the full amount claimed, from which defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Wolverton.
This is an action upon a policy of insurance to recover a fire loss of $400 on a dwelling and $200 on household furniture. The defense interposed is that plaintiff by her written application, and as an inducement for the issuance of the policy of insurance, made . answers to certain inquiries touching the value of the building and land upon which it is situate, and the ownership and title of the land, in substance as fol*43lows: Q. What is the actual cash value of your land and buildings thereon? A. $1,000. Q, Are you the sole and undisputed owner of said lands…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hough v. City Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
- Phenix Insurance v. PickelIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Lebanon Mutual Insurance v. ErbSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- East Texas Fire Insurance v. DychesTexas Supreme Court · 1881
- Bonham v. Iowa Central InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Arkansas Ins. Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- Connecticut Fire Insurance v. Colorado Leasing, Mining & Milling Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1911
- Waller v. City of New York Ins.Oregon Supreme Court · 1917
- Vancouver Nat. Bank v. Law Union & Crown Ins.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1907
- Fagg v. Massachusetts Bonding & InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1933
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