Legal Opinion
Pearson v. Aroostook County Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 6, 1953PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, J.
This is an action against an insurance company to recover damages for the destruction of plaintiff’s hen house under a fire insurance policy with extended coverage against “direct loss by windstorm.” The action lies in assumpsit upon an account annexed under R. S., Chap. 100, Sec. 40. The case is before us on exceptions by the plaintiff to the direction of a verdict for the defendant at the close of the evidence.
The insurance policy was originally written in the amount of $12,000 in September 1949, for the term of five years. In December 1949 the amount of the policy was increased $5,000 to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. v. Board of Ed.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1948
- Jordan v. Iowa Mutual Tornado InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
- Gerhard v. Travelers Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1945
- Unobskey v. Continental InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1952
- Druggist Mut. Ins. Co. v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1953
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Great American Insurance v. Railroad Furniture Salvage of Mobile, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Commonwealth v. MarreroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Central Park Mobile HomesCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1974
- Glens Falls Insurance Company v. OgdenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1958
- Danielson v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
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