Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance v. Walker
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action upon fire-insurance policy. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court. March 20, 1919. Milt Walker brought suit against the Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company of the City of New York, having an agency and place of business in Fulton County, Georgia, and, an agent, J. L. Riley of the firm of J. L. .Riley & Company, for the recovery of the amount due on a fire-insurance policy issued by the company to insure a certain gin-house building, outfit, etc., belonging to…
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Action upon fire-insurance policy. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court. March 20, 1919. Milt Walker brought suit against the Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company of the City of New York, having an agency and place of business in Fulton County, Georgia, and, an agent, J. L. Riley of the firm of J. L. .Riley & Company, for the recovery of the amount due on a fire-insurance policy issued by the company to insure a certain gin-house building, outfit, etc., belonging to the plaintiff. The petition alleged that the plaintiff was approached by one Elder, who claimed that he represented the…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. From the foregoing statement of facts it will be observed that the policy of fire insurance sued on contained the following conditions: “That the assured is the sole and undisputed owner, absolutely in fee simple, of the land on which these buildings stand, unless otherwise expressed in writing hereon.” It is insisted that the policy is void on the ground that certain evidence introduced on the trial of the case showed that the plaintiff did not own absolute title to the property, but that the assured merely had a leasehold interest in the same. But this…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Springfield Fire Insurance v. PriceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- Atlas Assurance Co. v. KettlesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
- Hollingsworth & Moraque v. Germania, Niagara, Hanover & Republic Fire Insurance CompaniesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
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