Legal Opinion

Caldwell v. Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1911PublishedCited by 13 opinions

PROM LAKE. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lake County.— John S. Cooper, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Buchanan

The bill was filed November 23,1909. It seeks to hold defendant liable on an oral contract of insurance alleged to have been made between the complainant and the agent of defendant on August 29, 1908, whereby said agent for his principal, the' defendánt, agreed and undertook for and in consideration of an agreed premium to write for and on behalf of his principal a contract of insurance in favor of complainant, covering a storehouse and stock of goods for a term beginning on September 9, 1908, and continuing for one year from that date, and the alternative averment appeared in the bill that…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. Liverpool, London & Globe InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. American Lead Pencil Co. v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis RailwayTennessee Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Blackman v. United States Casualty Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Johnson v. Continental Insurance Co. of New YorkTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Insurance Co. v. Morton-Scott-Robertson Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Barfield v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
  2. Continental Ins. Co. v. SchulmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Sanders v. SandersCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1955
  4. Spradlin v. Columbia Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1950
  5. Epstein v. Great American Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1965

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