Scottish Union & National Insurance v. Warren-Gee Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
-Appeal from the chancery court of Forest county. Hon. T. A. Wood, Chancellor. Suit by the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company against the Warren-Gee Lumber Company, and others. From a decree sustaining the cross-bill of defendant, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
In December, 1904, the plant and lumber yard of the Warren-Gee Lumber Company, which was insured in appellant and a number of other insurance companies was destroyed by fire. The property insured was incumbered with a vendor’s lien, held by George L. Hawkins, trustee, securing payment to various parties of a sum aggregating about ten thousand dollars, and each of the policies of insurance contained a loss payable clause in favor of Hawkins. All of these policies covered the same' property, and each of them contained this or a similar clause: “This company shall not be liable *818under this policy…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Mechanics' Ins. Co. of Philadelphia v. C. A. Hoover Distilling Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Scruggs v. American Cent. Ins. Co. of St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1910
- Tisdale v. Three Insurance CompaniesMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by8 opinions
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