Legal Opinion
Miami Jockey Club v. Union Assur. Soc., Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1936No. 8005PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Miami Jockey Club, a corporation, sued Union Assurance Society, Limited, on a policy' of insurance taken out by Rolfe Armored Truck Service, Inc. Pleas were filed, and, on demurrer to them, the demurrer was visited on the declaration, and the court, holding that it failed to state a cause of action, dismissed the suit. This appeal resulted.
In the opinion filed, the District Judge holds that the policy was not one insuring property, but insuring the Rolfe Armored Truck Service, Inc., against its legal liability as carrier for loss or damage to property carried by it, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Home Insurance v. Baltimore Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Hagan v. Scottish InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Hooper v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Michel v. American Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- Sorenson v. Boston Ins. of BostonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Vincent Nardelli, Robert G. Nardelli and William Nardelli, as Claimants-Owners of the Narco v. Stuyvesant Insurance Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Ins. Co. of North America v. FerrellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
- Union Assur. Soc., Ltd. v. Miami Jockey ClubCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Vincent Nardelli, Robert G. Nardelli and William Nardelli, as Claimants-Owners of the Narco v. Stuyvesant Insurance Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958