Legal Opinion · Dissent

Partridge v. Michigan Mutual Windstorm Insurance

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1931No. Docket No. 112, Calendar No. 35,442Published

1DissentNorth, J.

Lest on this rehearing the exact point in the case and the facts surrounding it be overlooked, I again call attention to reasons for reversal.

Plaintiffs, upon becoming members of this mutual company, were charged with knowledge of two things: (1) They wpre bound by the provisions of its charter and by-laws; and (2) that this mutual company only had power to insure property “subject to the terms and conditions of the articles of as sociation and the by-laws of the company as they now exist cmd as they ma/y hereafter be amended.” The quoted provision was plainly printed in plaintiffs’ insurance…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Becker v. Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Wineland v. Knights of the Maccabees of the WorldMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Douville v. Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Kamm & Schellinger Brewing Co. v. St. Joseph County Village Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Brown v. Great Camp Knights of Modern MaccabeesMichigan Supreme Court · 1911

3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API