Legal Opinion
Industrial Paper & Cordage Co. v. Aetna Insurance
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 25, 1940PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.
These actions of the case in assumpsit were tried together by a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury. He rendered a decision for all the defendants. Thereupon a bill of exceptions was duly prosecuted in each case by the plaintiff therein, the sole exception pressed being to the said decision.
The same question of law is raised in all the cases. The facts are not in dispute. On September 21, 1938, the plaintiffs were carrying on business and owned certain goods in a building in the city of Pawtucket. This building had a basement, was five stories in height and was equipped with…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commercial Insurance v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- St. John v. . American Mu. Fire and Marine Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Maxwell v. Springfield Fire & Marine InsuranceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1920
- Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co. of Brooklyn v. WillardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
- Luckett-Wake Tobacco Co. v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Kentucky · 1908
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3Cited by4 opinions
- American Mfg. Corp. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Hardin Bag Burlap Co. v. Fidelity Guar. Fire Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
- Carva Food Corporation v. Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Providence, Rhode Island, and Third-Party and William B. Dawley, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- Hardin Bag Burlap v. Fidelity Guaranty Fire Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1942