Legal Opinion · Dissent

Rosenberg Suit & Coat Co. v. General Accident Fire & Life Assur. Corp.

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided November 16, 1920Published

From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Department 1. This is a suit to reform a policy of insurance against loss by burglary thereunder. There was a decree for the plaintiff and defendant appeals.

1Dissent

BURNETT, J.,

Dissenting. — The only question presented to us on appeal in this case is the sufficiency of the facts stated in the complaint to constitute a cause of suit for the reformation of a contract of insurance on the ground of mistake. The first two paragraphs of that pleading are devoted to á description of the corporate character of the parties. The third paragraph reads thus:

“That on the third day of October, 1918, plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract of insurance. *122whereby defendant contracted and agreed for a premium to indemnify the plaintiff against all loss by burglary…

2Cases cited60 opinions

  1. Spitze v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1892
  2. Hawkins v. HawkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Sutherlin v. BloomerOregon Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Leddy v. BarneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
  5. Johnson v. JohnsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1908

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