Legal Opinion
Great American Insurance Company v. Sam Horab
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1962No. 17018PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
By this diversity action Great American Insurance Company seeks to void two farm fire insurance policies it issued to Sam Horab. It also seeks to recover $3,000 it paid Horab under one of the policies. Horab has counterclaimed for a $13,200 loss under the other policy. Tried to a jury, a special verdict was returned favoring Horab. Thereupon the trial court dismissed the complaint with prejudice and entered judgment for Horab on his counterclaim. The insurance company has appealed.
Only two issues find their way to us:
1. Did the trial court err in refusing to let the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Kirby H. Jackson and Robert L. Phinney v. C. E. King and Juanita M. KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Elsie McDonnell Guardian of the Estate of Ronald McDonnell and Elsie McDonnell Individually v. Jeanette TimmermanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Hawkins v. Missouri Pac. R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- State v. RozumNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1899
- Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. v. BeecherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc., E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Newark Stereotypers' Union No. 18 v. Newark Morning Ledger Co., and Newark Newspaper Publishers' AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Lena C. Barricks v. Eli Lilly and CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Harold E. Harrington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
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