Legal Opinion

Moore v. Life & Casualty Insurance

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1931PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cook

The hill was filed to recover upon an accident insurance policy. It is stated that the insured was killed by accident while riding’ a motorcycle. The chancellor sustained defendant’s demurrer, holding that the policy did not insure against accidental death to one while riding a. motorcycle. The policy provided for payment of $1,000 in the event of death caused, among other things, “by collision of or by any accident to any private horse drawn vehicle or private motor driven automobile in which the insured is riding or driving.”

Complainant insists that the term motor driven automobile includes…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Salo v. North American Accident InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
  2. Anderson v. Life & Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1929
  3. Bolt v. Life Casualty Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
  4. Landwehr v. Continental Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930
  5. Perry v. North American Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1927

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Ballard v. North American Life & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  2. Cellco Partnership v. Shelby CountyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2005
  3. St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Co. v. Bishops Gate Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986
  4. Ætna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn. v. BidwellTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Taylor v. White Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985

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