Legal Opinion
Booth v. Concordia Fire Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1929No. 2767PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action at law instituted by the plaintiff, Mrs. Josie Tench Booth, to recover on a policy of fire insurance issued by tbe defendant, Concordia Fire Insurance Company. Defendant admitted tbe issuance of the policy and the loss by fire, but pleaded that tbe policy was rendered void because of violation of tbe condition against additional insurance; tbe additional insurance relied upon being a policy alleged to have been issued by tbe Hartford Fire Insurance Company. Tbe case was three times tried in tbe court below. On tbe first two trials the jury failed to…
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- Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Patrick v. BowmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- National Mutual Fire Insurance v. DuncanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1908
- Sugg v. Hartford Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
- Rabb v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1917
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