Scottish Union & National Insurance v. Warren Gee Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Forrest county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. Suit by G. L. Hawkins, Trustee, and the Warren- Gee Lumber Company, against the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
G. L. Hawkins, trustee, and the Warren Gee Lumber Company, filed suit in the circuit court of Forrest county against the defendant insurance company, based upon a *744fire insurance policy for one thousand dollars. The property insured and burned was a planning mill plant. - The insurance policy is a divisible item policy, and by its terms provides:
“This policy being for proportionate amounts of each item, as shown by form hereto attached and understood to be the written portion of the policy.”
These items as finally amended are as follows:
“(1) $2,000 — On their one-story, frame, composition-roof…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Havens v. Germania Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Bacot v. Phoenix Insurance Co. of BrooklynMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
- Hawkins v. Scottish Union & National Ins.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1915
- Nevitt v. BaconMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
22 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by30 opinions
- Aero International, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation v. United States Fire Insurance Company, a New York Corporation, Gulf National Bank v. United States Fire Insurance Company, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Claxton v. Fidelity & Guaranty Fire Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1937
- Savage v. Prudential Life Ins. Co. of AmericaMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
- Scott v. Transport Indem. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Highlands Insurance Company v. Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
25 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.