Legal Opinion
Payne v. Eureka-Security Fire & Marine Ins.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1938PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cook
This is a suit upon a fire insurance policy issued to E. M, Payne and wife, Juanita Payne, insuring a dwelling house for one thousand dollars and its contents for five hundred dollars. The property was destroyed by fire December 23, 1935. The policy contained this provision:
“This entire policy shall be void unless otherwise provided by agreement in writing added hereto (a) if interest of the assured be other than unconditional or sole ownership,' or (b) if the subject of insurance be a building on ground not owned by the assured in fee simple.”
It was shown by the declaration that the legal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- The Columbia Insurance Company of Alexandria, in Error v. Joseph W. Lawrence, Who Survived Thomas PoindexterSupreme Court of the United States · 1836
- Columbian Insurance Co. of Alexandria v. LawrenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
- Merrill v. . Agricultural Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Goorberg v. the Western Assurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
- Alfred v. Bankers' Shippers' Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1934
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Baird v. Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1942
- Hamilton Nat. Bank v. WoodsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
- Mitchell v. PorterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1942
- Shettles v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1961
- Smith v. Insurance Company of North AmericaDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1963
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