Legal Opinion
Cecil Powers v. Continental Casualty Company and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1962No. 16572_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal by plaintiff Powers from a judgment in favor of the defendants, Continental Casualty Company (hereinafter Continental) and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (hereinafter St. Paul). The judgment was entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of the defendants. Jurisdiction, based on diversity of citizenship, is established.
On June 15, 1959, plaintiff Powers, a resident of Russellville, Arkansas, went to Fort Smith, Arkansas. He there purchased a $50,000 accident insurance policy from St. Paul through the agency of Donaho & Son. He then proceeded to the Bicknell…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Commissioner v. DubersteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Elzig v. GudwangenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Noland v. Buffalo Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
- Frank Altrichter v. Shell Oil Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Bankers Life & Casualty Company v. C. M. Kirtley, Trustee in Corporate Reorganization Proceedings of Automatic Washer CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- Albert Schoenberg v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- Sargent v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Elton M. Moore v. Walt Shultz, D/B/A Walt Shultz Equipment Company, and McGraw CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Weir v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
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