Legal Opinion

Barbour v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 4, 1918No. 14599PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Alston, J., entered May 11, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, by direction of the court, in an action upon a fire insurance policy.

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

This is an action on a policy of insurance brought by Theron T. Barbour and Mary Barbour, his wife, against the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. At the close of the evidence, the trial judge instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendant insurance company has appealed.

*47Appellant contends: (1) That plaintiffs did not comply with the provisions of the policy requiring the insured, if requested by the company, to submit to an examination under oath and subscribe the same, which is made a condition precedent to sustaining an action on the policy; (2)…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Artificial Ice Co. v. Reciprocal ExchangeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
  2. Humphrey v. National Fire Ins. Co. of HartfordTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
  3. Herman v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2001
  4. Blomquist v. Grays Harbor Medical Service Corp.Washington Supreme Court · 1956
  5. Williams v. North River Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1979

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