Legal Opinion

Huber v. Penn Mutual Fire Insurance

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided August 25, 1943No. 96PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Richards, J.:

By demurring to the defendant’s first two pleas to the first count of his declaration the plaintiff admits that Charles H. Huber and Elizabeth Huber, his wife, owned the premises covered by the policy of insurance as tenants by the entirety, at the time of the issuance of said policy of insurance and the fire which occurred thereafter. This raises a plain question of whether a husband who insures property in his own name which is owned by himself and his wife, as tenants by the entirety, can recover for a loss which occurs by fire, when the policy provides that it shall be void…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Hunt v. BlackburnSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Bertles v. . NunanNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  3. Marburg v. ColeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
  4. Alfred v. Bankers' Shippers' Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Holmes v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1908

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. New Castle County v. Continental Cas. Co.(CNA)District Court, D. Delaware · 1989
  2. In re GriffithCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1953
  3. In Re GriffithCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1953
  4. Drewicki v. Fidelity & Guaranty Fire Corp. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of Kansas · 1946

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