Legal Opinion

Northwestern National Insurance v. Southern States Phosphate & Fertilizer Co.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 19, 1917No. 8317PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Action on insurance policy; from Biehmond superior court— Judge H. 0. Hammond. December 16, 1916. The original petition was as follows: “State of Georgia, Biehmond county. In the superior court of said county.

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Action on insurance policy; from Biehmond superior court— Judge H. 0. Hammond. December 16, 1916. The original petition was as follows: “State of Georgia, Biehmond county. In the superior court of said county. “The petition of Southern States Phosphate & Fertilizer Company, a corporation, shows that the Northwestern National Insurance Company is indebted to it in the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, besides interest, arising on the following state of facts: “1. The defendant insurance company is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and having an agency and…

1Opinion of the CourtBkoyees, P. J.

1. In a suit upon a policy of fire insurance it is incumbent upon the plaintiff to allege in his petition that the property destroyed by fire belonged to him, or that he had some insurable interest therein, at the time of the fire. Civil Code (1910), § 2472; Morris v. Imperial Insurance Co., 106 Ga. 461 (32 S. E. 595); 1 Cooley’s Insurance, 215, 216; Hardwick v. State Insurance Co., 20 Or. 547 (26 Pac. 840) ; Western Assurance Co. v. McCarty, 18 Ind. App. 449 (48 N. E. 265) ; Dickerman v. Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 67 Vt. 99 (30 Atl. 808) ; Gustin v. Concordia Fire Insurance Co., 164…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Delaware Ins. v. GreerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
  2. Hardwick v. State InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Morris v. Imperial Insurance Co. Ltd. of LondonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  4. Hartford Fire Insurance v. AmosSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
  5. Saint Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Brunswick Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1901

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. of North America v. Gulf Oil Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
  2. Hubbard v. Robert B. Wallace Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1926
  3. Westlake Mercantile Finance Corp. v. MerrittCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Equitable Fire Insurance v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
  5. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929

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