Legal Opinion
City of Morgantown, W. Va. v. Royal Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1948No. 5764PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is a motion to dismiss an appeal from an ordier of the District Court denying a jury trial. The suit was instituted in the court below to reform a policy of insurance on the ground of mutual mistake, the contention of plaintiff being that a policy of insurance, which it had issrted on a hangar at an airport, was intended to cover loss by windstorm and hail and that premium was paid on that basis but that by mutual mistake the policy was written to cover fire and lightning, which takes a much higher premium. Answer was filed denying the allegations of the complaint…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Enelow v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Insurance Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Insurance Co. v. MowrySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. SameCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- City of Morgantown v. Royal InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Jiffy Lubricator Co. v. Stewart-Warner CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Smith v. BearCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Smith v. BearCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Phillips v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
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