Legal Opinion
Glens Falls Ins. v. Sherritt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1938No. 4281PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
Glens Falls Insurance Company, defendant in the District Court, appeals from a judgment in the sum of $4,835.61 and interest recovered by Nancy I. Sherritt, the insured under a policy of fire insurance covering a dwelling house in the city of Norfolk. The loss is admitted, but it is contended that the plaintiff was not the proper party to maintain the action because she had given a mortgage on the property to the Home Owners Loan Corporation for a sum in excess of the amount sued for; and hence her action should have been dismissed. It ip also contended that no liability…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Waters v. Merchants' Louisville InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
- Palmer Savings Bank v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Westchester Fire Insurance v. CoverdaleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
- Tilley v. Connecticut Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1890
- Smith v. Union Insurance Co., Etc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1903
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