Legal Opinion
Michigan Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. National Surety Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1946No. 13149PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
On March 31, 1941, a fire partially destroyed corn owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation and stored in the Harbor Elevator in Minneapolis, which M. B. Lytle then owned and operated as a terminal elevator.
The National Surety Corporation, as assignee of the proceeds of fire insurance policies held by Lytle, brought this action originally in the District Court of Hennepin County, Minnesota, alleging damages to the corn in the amount of $15,963.78. The insurance companies removed the suit to the federal court on the ground of diversity of citizenship.
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2Cases cited26 opinions
- Helvering v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Bergholm v. Peoria Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Reitz v. MealeySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Russell v. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- MacGregor v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Buder v. BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
- Traders & General Ins. Co. v. PowellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
- Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Safeway Moving & Storage Corp. v. Aetna Insurance Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1970
- Second New Haven Bank v. Kobrite, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1980
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