Legal Opinion
Cooley v. East & West Insurance
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 1933PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Chiee Justice Gbeen
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This suit was brought by the widow and administra-trix of John Harvey Cooley on four insurance policies, aggregating $8,000, covering a house that was destroyed by fire. Cooley lost his life in the fire. Mrs. Maude F. Johnson had a mortgage on the premises and the policies had been assigned to her so ifar as she was interested under standard mortgagee clauses. Mrs. Johnson filed a cross-bill asserting her rights. The insurance companies interposed pleadings setting up their defenses to the original bill and to the cross-bill. The…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Life & Casualty Ins. v. KingTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
- Southern States Fire Ins. v. KronenbergSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Mutual Life Ins. v. DibrellTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
- Continental Fire Insurance v. WhitakerTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
- Hagan v. Merchants & Bankers' InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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3Cited by16 opinions
- DeFord v. National Life & Accident Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- Dozier v. Hawthorne Development Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1953
- Commercial Standard Ins. Co. v. PaulCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1951
- Alfred v. Bankers' Shippers' Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1934
- Conaway v. New York Life Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1937
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