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Insurance Co. of North America v. Williams

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1917No. 8 Div. 944PublishedCited by 45 opinions

Appeal from Law and Equity Court, Morgan County; Thomas W. Wert, Judge. Action by P. W. Williams against the Insurance Company of North America. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The complaint, in code form, is based on two policies of insurance, issued jointly by the Insurance Company of North America and the Fire Association of Philadelphia, under the name Philadelphia .Underwriters. By the terms of these policies said companies are each liable for one-half of the insurance. Both cases are submitted together. The questions involved are identical.

Appropriate assignments of error challenge the right of recovery of the statutory penalty provided in suits on policies issued by companies belonging, at the time of the issuance of the policy, to a tariff association. The…

2Cases cited64 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  2. Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance v. KearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  3. Trustees of the First Baptist Ch. v. . Brooklyn Fire Ins.New York Court of Appeals · 1859
  4. Queen Insurance v. YoungSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  5. Westchester Fire Insurance v. EarleMichigan Supreme Court · 1876

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Cherokee Life Ins, Co. v. BrannumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  2. Great American Ins. Co. v. DoverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  3. Adler v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  4. Home Ins. Co. of New York v. Campbell Motor Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  5. Hardware Mut. Casualty Co. v. HiggasonTennessee Supreme Court · 1939

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