Legal Opinion
Franklin Fire Ins. Co. v. Slaton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 20, 1941No. 8 Div. 43PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Justice.
This is the second appeal by the present appellant. Franklin Fire Ins. Co. of Philadelphia, Pa. v. Slaton, 236 Ala. 565, 183 So. 865. The circuit court on the last trial instructed the jury:
“The defendant, gentlemen of the jury, comes up in answer to that and it says it is not indebted to Mr. Slaton and for several different reasons excuses itself from being liable in this claim here or this suit. First, they say that the building, if it was destroyed by fire that it was done either by Mr. Slaton or someone at his instance, in other words, through his agency; that is one of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cobb v. MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Slocum v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Penticost v. MasseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- White v. BlairSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- City of Decatur v. FinleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Bell v. NicholsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Farmers & Ginners Cotton Oil v. Reliance Ins.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co. v. CurtisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Cook v. SweattSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
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