Legal Opinion
Kentucky Marine & Fire Insurance v. Western & Atlantic Railroad
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 15, 1874PublishedCited by 4 opinions
EROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Chancery Court. D. C. Trewhxtt, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholson, C. J.
In October, 1865, Rogers, Garrett & Co., at Macon,, Georgia, shipped two hundred and fifty-five bales of cotton to Hall & Long, as consignees, at Louisville, Kentucky, which cotton was insured for the consignors in the office of the Kentucky Marine and Fire Insurance Company, at $2.50 a bale. Forty-one bales of the cotton were never delivered to Hall & Long, who thereupon received from the Insurance Company the amount insured on the forty-one bales, and paid the sum over to Rogers, Garrett & Co.
The Insurance Company, claiming the right of sub-rogation to the owners of the cotton, file this…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Carter v. E. T. & W. N. C. Transp. Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1949
- Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. v. Hamilton Nat. Bank, for Use and Benefit of Employers' Liability Assur. Corp., LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1952
- Jones v. ALLIED AMERICAN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1954
- Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. v. Hamilton Nat. Bank, for Use and Benefit of Employers' Liability Assur. Corp., LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1952