Legal Opinion
Messer v. American Mut. Liability Ins. Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 27, 1951PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Prewitt
This was a suit brought by complainant Messer against the insurance company to recover on an insurance policy, the material clause of which provides as follows:
“Definition of ‘Insured’
“The unqualified word ‘insured’ wherever used in coverages A and B and in other parts of this policy, when applicable to such coverages, includes the named insured and, except where specifically stated to the contrary, also includes any person while using the automobile and any person or organization legally responsible for the use thereof, provided the actual use of the automobile is with the permission of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stovall v. New York Indemnity Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1928
- Brown v. KennedyOhio Supreme Court · 1943
- American Automobile Insurance v. JonesTennessee Supreme Court · 1932
- Card v. Commercial Cas. Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1936
- Johnson v. O'LalorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Teague v. TateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Wyoming Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. MayWyoming Supreme Court · 1967
- Duane M. Carr, M.D., Administrator of Estate of Lauren Duane Carr v. American Universal Insurance Company, Marie J. Sims, Individually and as Natural Guardian and Next Friend of Reginald Sanderson Sims, a Minor v. American Universal Insurance Company, Marie J. Sims, Individually and as Natural Guardian and Next Friend of Reginald Sanderson Sims, a Minor v. American Universal Insurance Company and Springfield-Monarch Insurance CompaniesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- National Service Fire Insurance v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
- Schultz v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1966
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