Legal Opinion

Hogadone v. Grange Mutual Fire-Insurance

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 29, 1903No. Docket No. 3PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error to Kent; Perkins, J. Assumpsit by George P. Hogadone against the Grange Mutual Fire-Insurance Company of Kent and Ottawa counties on a policy of insurance. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment of $600 in the court below for loss under an insurance policy issued by defendant. The trial took place before the court, who made a finding of facts. Defendant asks to have that judgment reversed, first, because the policy became void by reason of a transfer of the property from plaintiff to his wife; second, because a provision in the policy gave exclusive jurisdiction to the" auditing committee of defendant’s organization to determine the controversy. The finding of the trial court, so far as material to the controversy in this court, is as follows:

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Weber v. ChristenIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Stevens v. CastelMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Canfield v. Great Camp of the Knights of the MaccabeesMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Fillmore v. Great Camp of the Knights of the MaccabeesMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Hembeau v. Great Camp of Knights of MaccabeesMichigan Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Wells v. American States Preferred Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1996
  2. Ryan v. New York Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Rogers v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2007
  4. Noorthoek v. Preferred Automobile Ins.Michigan Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Takacs v. TakacsMichigan Supreme Court · 1947

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