Legal Opinion

Word v. Southern Mutual Insurance

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 25, 1901PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Action, on insurance policy. Before Judge Reagan. .Troup superior court. June 18, 1900.

1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.

Frank Word sued the Southern Mutual Insurance Company for the sum of $4,000, the value of his dwelling-house, which was totally destroyed by fire while he held a policy of insurance upon it, for that amount, issued to him by the defendant company. The policy sued upon was issued to the plaintiff by the defendant-on the 28th of March, 1894, and was renewed, upon the payment of the premium required, year by year. The premises insured were destroyed by fire on the 16th of April, 1899. The loss plaintiff sustained by the destruction of his dwelling-house was appraised at-$4,000, and this…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Rockhold v. Canton Masonic Mutual Benevolent SocietyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Farmer v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  3. McConnell v. Iowa Mutual Aid Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
  4. Order of the International Fraternal Alliance v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1893
  5. Sherman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1884

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hart v. North British Mercantile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
  2. Shinn v. West Virginia InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Tedford v. Security State Fire Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1955
  4. Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society v. Bainbridge Grocery Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
  5. Georgia Co-operative Fire Ass'n v. LanierCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907

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