Legal Opinion
Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. v. Handley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1924No. 4083PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, District Judge.
This was a bill filed to reform and enforce a policy of insurance issued by appellant to appellee on the “undivided two-thirds interest in” a certain building, so as to declare the interest to be one for life, instead of a fee, and to recover the amount of the insurance, when so enforced. The bill alleges in the fifth paragraph;
“That, at the time of the issuing of said policy by the defendant to your orator, it was so agreed, and was the intention of your orator and said defendant, that the defendant was to insure whatever interest your orator had in said buildings…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Insurance Co. v. MowrySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Phoenix Ins. Co. v. DosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1919
3Cited by8 opinions
- Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. of California v. BartonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
- Saucier v. Life & Casualty Ins.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1940
- Whiteman v. Rhode Island Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1948
- Forkner v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1927
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. SeayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
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