Legal Opinion
Smith v. Union Insurance Co., Etc.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 15, 1903PublishedCited by 23 opinions
Assumpsit on policies of insurance.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
These cases are brought by the mortgagee of certain real estate, the buildings upon which have been destroyed by fire, to recover the amounts specified in three policies of insurance in the standard form, each containing the following clause:
“Loss or damage, if any, under this policy, shall be payable to Daniel Smith, as the mortgagee (or trustee), as interest may appear, and this insurance as to the interest of the mortgagee (or trustee) only therein, shall not be invalidated by any act or neglect of the mortgagor or owner of the within described property, nor by any foreclosure or other…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Hastings v. . Westchester Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Eddy v. London Assurance Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Grosvenor v. . the Atlantic Fire Insurance Co. of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Palmer Savings Bank v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Laurenzi v. Atlas Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- Germania Fire Insurance v. BallyArizona Supreme Court · 1918
- Clarke & Cohen v. Real Ex Rel. Stroudsburg Nat. BankSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- B. L. Asso. v. Fire Ins. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
- Allen v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
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