Legal Opinion

Phœnix Insurance v. Maxson

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 7, 1891PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside County; the Hon. John D. Crabtree, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtHarker, J.

In seeking a reversal of the judgment in this case, counsel for appellant present several points of contention.

We do not care to consider at length in this opinion more than one of them, and that is the one relating to the occupancy of the house at the time of the fire.

The condition of the title to the property was fully known both by the soliciting agent and the district agent at the time the policy was issued, and at the time it was assigned to Mary Maxson. While the policy runs to the minor children, Ludwig and John, it was in fact issued to John Weisenberger, whose money paid for it.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bouton v. American Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
  2. Purinton v. Northern Illinois RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  3. Hartford Fire Insurance v. WebsterIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Guernsey v. American InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bourgeois v. Northwestern National InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Northwestern Nat. Ins. v. McFarlaneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
  3. Bruley v. Royal LeagueIllinois Circuit Court · 1908

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