Legal Opinion
Hollings v. Brown
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 16, 1919No. 6 Div. 857PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; Hugh. A. Locke, Judge. Suit in equity by J. J. Hollings against Bradley G. Brown and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The suit, by J. J. Hollings, is. based on the conditions of an indemnity insurance contract issued by the Georgia Casualty Company to B. G. Brown, of the respondents.
A material condition of this contract was as follows:
“No action shall be brought against the company under or by reason of this policy unless it shall be brought by and in the name of the assured for a loss, defined hereunder, after final judgment has been rendered in a suit, described hereunder, and within ninety days from the date of such judgment, to wit, for loss that the assured has actually sustained by the assured’s…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Patterson v. AdanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Connolly v. BolsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Anoka Lumber Co. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Rumford Falls Paper Co. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1899
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Omaha Electric Light & Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Mooradian v. Canal Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
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- Michel v. American Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- Continental Auto Ins. Underwriters v. MenuskinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Hughes v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1931
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