Laurenzi v. Atlas Ins.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — F. IT. IIeiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
The hill was filed by the parties complainant, named as trustees under a deed of trust, seeking to recover from the defendants upon a fire insurance policy issued to one S. H. Hardin on February 13,19.11, insuring him against loss by fire to the premises described in the policy. The amount claimed was the face of the policy, $1,600. The German Fire Insurance Company was made a party defendant, upon the theory that it, having reinsured the risk of the Atlas Company, which issued the policy, was liable for the contract of that company.
The right of the plaintiffs as trustees to recover under the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Syndicate Ins. v. BohnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
- Eddy v. London Assurance Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Havens v. Germania Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Teague v. SowderTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
- Bacot v. Phoenix Insurance Co. of BrooklynMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
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- Johnson Transfer & Freight Lines, Inc. v. American Nat. Fire Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1935
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