Legal Opinion

Continental Fire Insurance v. Whitaker

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1903PublishedCited by 47 opinions

FROM BEDFORD. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bedford County.— W. C. Houston. Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil

This suit was brought by Whitaker & Dillard, the •defendants in error, in the circuit court of Bedford ■county, against the Continental Fire Insurance Company, seeking to recover on a policy issued by that company to them on May 21, 1901, insuring a storehouse at the sum of $100, with fixtures therein at $100, and a «tock of merchandise therein at $1,500; in all $1,700.

The property was destroyed by fire on September 9, 1903.

The case was tried at the August term, 1903, of Bed-ford circuit court, when the jury rendered a verdict of $1,700, the full amount of the policy, and for the additional…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Orient Insurance v. DaggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'n v. MettlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. Equitable Life Assurance Society v. ClementsSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Penn Mut. Life Ins. v. Mechanics' Savings Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
  5. Iowa Life Insurance v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Preferred Accident Insurance v. FieldingSupreme Court of Colorado · 1905
  2. Chattem, Inc. v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Hughes Bros. v. Ætna Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Arkansas Insurance v. McManusSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  5. New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. ShieldsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1907

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