Legal Opinion
Gregerson v. Phenix Fire Insurance
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 1918No. 14179PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered January 9, 1917, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action upon a fire insurance policy, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
The appellant insurance company has appealed from a judgment of $400 interest and costs recovered *640by respondent in a suit on a fire insurance policy. The case was submitted to the trial judge on the pleadings and a stipulation as to the facts. The dwelling covered by the policy was located on leased ground, and that fact, and the following clause in the insurance policy, is the defense relied upon by the company.
“This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement endorsed hereon, shall be void ... if the subject of insurance be a building on ground not owned by the insured in fee…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Reed v. Washington Fire & Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Knarston v. Manhattan Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
- Gazzam v. German Union Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Chichester, Admr. v. New Hampshire Fire Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Straker v. Phenix Insurance Co. of BrooklynWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Conte v. Yorkshire InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1957
- Hessler v. North River InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- North River Insurance v. BelcherSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
- National Liberty Ins. Co. v. MilliganCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1926
- Twin City Fire Ins. Co. v. First Nat. BankSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
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