Western Assur. Co. of Toronto v. Decker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.
1DissentSanborn, Circuit Judge
The contract of appraisement in this case is not an agreement to arbitrate all the rights oí the par ties, but the simple provision, usual in policies of fire insurance, that any difference arising between the parties as to the amount of loss or damage to the property insured shall be submit feed to the appraisal of competent and impartial persons, to be chocen as therein provided, whose award siiail be conclusive as to the amount of loss or damage only, and shall not determine the question of the liability of the company; and that, until 60 days after such an appraisal is made and such an…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hamilton v. Liverpool, London & Globe InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. RobesonSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
- Carroll v. Girard Fire Insurance of the City of PhiladelphiaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
- Chippewa Lumber Co. v. Phenix InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Levine v. Lancashire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
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