Legal Opinion
Norwich Union Fire Ins. Soc., Limited v. Cohn
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1933No. 863PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal brings on for determination a question in the law of fire insurance over which there has been some conflict of judicial opinion. It is this: Where an agreement has been entered into for an appraisal of the loss, and the appraisal fails without the fault of either party, is a second effort to appraise a condition precedent to a recovery on the contract ?
The material facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff below owned a hotel building in Anadarko; there was a fire on July 16,1931, and a disagreement as to the amount of the loss. The policies in suit provide: “In…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Hamilton v. Liverpool, London & Globe InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Bernhard v. Rochester German InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Levine v. Lancashire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. KirkpatrickTennessee Supreme Court · 1913
- Chase v. Business Men's Assur. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Davis v. United American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Christine Kelley v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Sentinel Life Ins. Co. v. BlackmerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
- Hyland v. Millers Nat. Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Otoe County Nat. Bank v. DelanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
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