Legal Opinion
Carr v. Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 16, 1951No. 47897PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
Under date of July 15, 1949, the defendant issued to plaintiffs a policy insuring farm buildings against windstorm damage. On May 5,1950, a violent wind struck the state of Iowa. The barn on plaintiffs’ farm, one of the buildings covered by the policy, was destroyed by the gale. There is no controversy as to the amount of the damage, which the jury placed at $1800, the amount of coverage on the barn as fixed by the policy.
The sole dispute in the ease centers around provisions of the contract of insurance which we set out herewith:
“D. That the Association shall not be liable for loss or damage…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Westchester Fire Insurance v. FosterIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- First Congregational Church v. Holyoke Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Peterson v. Miss. Valley Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- Williams v. New England Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1850
- Davis v. Western Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Batliner v. SalleeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
- Keene Cooperative Grain & Supply Co. v. Farmers Union Industries Mutual InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1964
- Commercial Standard Insurance v. HaleyDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1968
- Global Aviation Insurance Managers v. LeesCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1985
- Hawkeye Chemical Company, and Mutual Boiler & MacHinery Insurance Company v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, and Oil Insurance AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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