Legal Opinion

Buffalo Insurance Company v. Best

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 14, 1958No. 3365PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Jimmy Best, as the insured, and Commercial Credit Corporation, as mortgagee, obtained a judgment against Buffalo Insurance Company on a policy insuring Best’s automobile, which was destroyed by fire. The insurer defended on the ground that a provision of the policy had been violated. The substance of said provision is that such a policy had not been cancelled within three years before Buffalo issued this policy. In a trial to the court judgment was rendered for plaintiffs and the insurer has appealed.

Appellant’s points are based on the contention that a policy issued by…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Dalton v. Norwich Union Fire Ins. Soc.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  2. Scheel v. German-American InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  3. Frontier-Pontiac, Inc. v. Dubuque Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1942
  4. Brewer v. Maryland Cas. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1952
  5. Harrington v. Bremer County Farmers Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1926

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Jones v. Ray Insurance Agency, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001
  2. Larocque v. Rhode Island Joint Reinsurance Ass'nSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988
  3. Capuano v. Kemper Insurance CompaniesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
  4. Anchor Casualty Company v. CrispCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
  5. Jones, Lois v. Ray Insurance Agency A/K/A Azteca Insurance and/or Alamo Insurance, and Collision Clinic, Inc., State & County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and Harbor Insurance Managers, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001

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