Stebbins v. Westchester Fire Insurance
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Hurn, J., entered April 17, 1920, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on an insurance policy.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
There are two distinct branches to this case. The first concerns the liability of the Westchester Fire Insurance Company on a policy of insurance issued by it, and the second is to determine who is ultimately to receive the insurance money in the event we hold the insurance company liable.
We will proceed at once to the first branch. This part of the case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict against the insurance company. Inasmuch as the-chief *625defenses revolve aronnd certain clauses of the insurance policy, we will here call attention to them. The policy was dated July 9,1918, and ran…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Wheeler v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- People's Fire Insurance v. GoyneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Staats v. Pioneer InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Hart v. Niagara Fire InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1894
- Mesterman v. Home Mutual InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1893
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