Legal Opinion

Crescent Insurance v. Griffin & Shook

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1883No. Case No. 4910PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Hill. Tried below before the lion. Jo Abbott.

1Opinion of the Court

Willie, Chief Justice.—

The policy of insurance upon which this, suit is based contains the following provision, in substance: “If the assured shall have, or shall hereafter make, any other insurance on the property hereby insured, or any part thereof, without the consent of the company written hereon, . . . then, and in every such case, this policy shall be void.”

One of the defenses urged by appellant against a recovery in the-*511district court, and the■ only one relied on here, is that the appellees took out another policy of insurance upon the property covered by the one in suit, without the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  2. Viele v. Germania InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  3. Hayward, Assignee v. National InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  4. Security Insurance v. FayMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
  5. Miner v. Phœnix InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Morrison v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Amarillo Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  3. Law v. Texas State Mut. Fire Ins. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1929
  4. Great Southern Life Ins. Co. v. DolanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  5. East Texas Fire Insurance v. PerkeyTexas Supreme Court · 1896

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