Legal Opinion
Smith v. Insurance Co. of North America
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided April 19, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 434PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, District Judge.
This is a suit for collection of fire insurance, jurisdiction being by virtue of diversity of citizenship. It was filed on June 19, 1957, by Joe W. Scales as owner of certain feed and grain mill property that had been destroyed by fire on July 14, 1956, and by holders of certain mortgages on the property. The defendants are nine different insurance companies.
Plaintiffs seek recovery, in addition to collection under the terms of the policies, of the bad faith penalty provided for by Title 56, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 1105. The defendants answered, alleging…
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- Holland v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1961
- Cities Service Oil Co. v. Celanese Corp. of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1953
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