Legal Opinion
New York Underwriters v. Denson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 29, 1924No. 14536PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
RAY, C.
J. B. Pyle, tenant on the farm of G. E. Denson for 1921, mortgaged his growing broom corn crop to Den-son to secure payment of $300. The mortgage contained no provision requiring the mortgagor to keep the mortgagee’s interest insured. After the crop was harvested, the New York Underwriters, through its local agent, who was also cashier of the First State Bank of Maysville, issued to Pyle its fire insurance policy on the broom corn for $400 for a period of 30 days, and received from Pyle the cash premium of $4.40. The broom corn was destroyed by fire while the policy was in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Grosvenor v. . the Atlantic Fire Insurance Co. of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance v. RuddellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. v. ClevelandSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
3Cited by3 opinions
- Niagara Fire Ins. Co. v. AebischerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- Aetna Insurance v. O. E. Woods Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Steffen v. BoyleNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1962