Legal Opinion
Gage v. Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 1, 1961No. 973PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHulburd, C. J.
The defendant was one of two insurers of- a building owned by the plaintiffs. The policy insured against loss by fire and a number of other hazards named in the policy. It specifically provided: “This policy also insures against all direct loss to the property by the following perils: * * * 9. Collapse: Loss by collapse shall mean only the collapse of the building(s) or any part thereof.”
In the plaintiffs’ action on the policy the court below found in finding No. 11: “The damage tó the property in question consisted of a buckled ceiling; the raising of the floor in the center of the cottáge…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Central Mutual Insurance Co. v. RoyalSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Jenkins v. United States Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1959
- Johnson v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1936
- Shields v. Vermont Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1929
- Travelers Fire Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut v. Harry A. Whaley and Velva Irene WhaleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Olmstead v. Lumbermens Mutual Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1970
- Government Employees Insurance v. DeJamesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970
- Employers Mutual Casualty Co. of Des Moines, Iowa v. NelsonTexas Supreme Court · 1962
- Council Tower Ass'n v. Axis Specialty InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
- Higgins v. Connecticut Fire Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1967
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