Palmer v. Continental Insurance Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, San Joaquin County. Action by Mary G. Palmer and another against the Continental Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendant appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, C.
The suit was brought on a policy of insurance to recover for loss by fire of part of the insured property. The judgment was for the plaintiffs. The appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying a new trial.
The policy was issued June 7, 1897, and purports to be “in consideration of twelve dollars paid, and the payment of installments, when due, as follows: Twelve dollars on the first day of June, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901,” etc. The actual consideration consisted of two notes made by plaintiffs to defendant March 27, 1897—one for $48, payable in installments as above stated; the…
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Van Schoick v. . Niagara Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Farnum v. Phoenix InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- Sheldon v. . the Atlantic Fire and Marine Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Joliffe v. Madison Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Goit v. National Protection InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1855
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