Legal Opinion
The Hanover Fire Insurance Company of New York v. George D. Argo, D/B/A Ruth's Shop
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1958No. 16802PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The Insurer undertakes the heavy burden here of contending that the evidence, much of it circumstantial, was such as to require a finding, as a matter of law, that extensive damage to the Assured’s establishment, Ruth’s Shop in LaGrange, Georgia, November 29, 1955, was due to a fire of incendiary origin caused or procured by the Assured. This is the position on the main question since the jury verdict for the Assured, upon instructions not complained of, was a holding that it was not an incendiary fire. A subsidiary contention, not so sweeping in effect or so…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Marsh v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- George W. Whiteman v. Elsoyd PitrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- American Fidelity & Casualty Company v. Mrs. Claire DrexlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Commercial Credit Corp. v. PepperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Wolf v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident AssociationSupreme Court of Kansas · 1961
- Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company v. Dr. Harry Leslie KlotzCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Cora Pub, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- G. L. Boone v. Royal Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Elgi Holding, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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