Legal Opinion
Leonard v. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1916No. Docket No. 142PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Error to Monroe; Chester, J., presiding. Assumpsit by Moses Leonard and another against the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Monroe and Wayne Counties, on a fire insurance policy. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
The defendant is a mutual fire insurance company, organized under the laws of the State governing the creation of such mutual corporations, and attached to the policies issued by it is a copy of its charter. Various of the charter provisions which are of importance in this litigation are as follows:
*232“Sec. 15. Any person may become a member of this company by paying a membership fee of one dollar, together with ten cents on each hundred dollars they insure.”
“Sec. 18. Any member may, upon sale of his property, transfer his policy to the purchaser, by paying a fee of one dollar and obtaining the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Becker v. Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
- Kamm & Schellinger Brewing Co. v. St. Joseph County Village Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
- Gristock v. Royal InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
3Cited by5 opinions
- Crank v. State Mutual Rodded Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1927
- Engel v. State Mutual Sodded Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1932
- Wilson v. Livingston County Mutual Fire Ins.Michigan Supreme Court · 1932
- Equitable Trust Co. v. Eastern Michigan Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
- Mirunczak v. Michigan Farmers Mutual Fire Ins.Michigan Supreme Court · 1940