Legal Opinion
Schlitz v. Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 10, 1923PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSlack, J.
This is an action on a fire insurance policy. The policy is dated September 16, 1919, and contains the following provision, “No suit or action on this policy for the recovery of any claim shall be sustainable in any court of law or equity unless all the requirements of this policy have been complied with, nor unless commenced within twelve months next after the fire. ’ ’ The fire which occasioned the loss for which this suit is brought occurred January 20, 1920. The writ is dated July-6, 1921. After the plaintiff put the policy in evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict on the…
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- Insurance Co. of North America v. BrimIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Galliher v. State Mutual Life Ins.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Vesey v. Commercial Union Assur. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1904
- Muse v. London Assurance Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
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- Gilman v. Maine Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 2003
- Robert A. Cornellier v. American Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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- Johnson v. Phoenix Assurance Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1967
- Gibbons v. Badger Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1970
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