Legal Opinion

McEvoy v. Security Fire Insurance

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 24, 1909PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Heuisleb, J.)

1Opinion of the CourtPeabce, J.

The Security Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore City became insolvent in consequence of the conflagration in San Francisco which accompanied or followed the earthquake in that city on April 18th, 1906, and its affairs are now in course of liquidation in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. .In an auditor’s account, filed June 15th, 1908, certain dividends- are allowed to a number of San Francisco policy holders upon their claims filed in the case, and to these allowances, the appellants, being stockholders and creditors of the insurance company, have excepted on the ground that the fire was…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Washington Fire Insurance v. KellyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1870
  2. Transatlantic Fire Insurance v. DorseyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
  3. Commercial Insurance v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Agricultural Insurance v. Hamilton ex rel. HopkinsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1895
  5. Westchester Fire Insurance v. WeaverCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Woogmaster v. Liverpool & London & Globe InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
  2. New England Mutual Life Insurance v. HurstCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
  3. Rossi v. DouglasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  4. Owens v. GraetzelCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1924
  5. Simkins Industries, Inc. v. Lexington InsuranceCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1979

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