Legal Opinion
Yorkshire Ins. Co. v. Gazis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 21, 1929No. 7 Div. 850PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
It has long been the law of this state that an agent authorized to write policies of fire insurance is a general agent in so far as to bind the insurer by his waiver of conditions and warranties inserted in the policy for the insurer’s benefit. Ætna Fire Ins. Co. v. Kennedy, 161 Ala. 600, 50 So. 73, 135 Am. St. Rep. 160; Continental Fire Ins. Co. v. Brooks, 131 Ala. 614, 30 So. 876; Pope v. Glenn Falls Ins. Co., 130 Ala. 356, 30 So. 496; Williamson v. N. O. Ins. Ass’n, 84 Ala. 106, 4 So. 36; Phœnix Ins. Co. v. Copeland, 86 Ala. 551, 6 So. 143, 4 L. R. A. 848; Western Assurance Co. v.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Syndicate Insurance v. CatchingsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Sun Ins. Office of London v. MitchellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Western Assurance Co. v. StoddardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Aetna Fire Ins. v. KennedySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Insurance Co. of North America v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Cranford v. National Surety CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Westchester Fire Ins. Co. of New York v. GreenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Milwaukee Mechanics Ins. Co. v. MaplesAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
- American Ins. Co. v. MillicanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
- Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. AaronSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
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