Legal Opinion
Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co. of Brooklyn v. Willard
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1908No. 1,586PublishedCited by 17 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California.
1Opinion of the Court
GIEBERT, Circuit Judge.
The court below held the plaintiff in error, the Williamsburgh City Eire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, N. Y., liable upon a fire insurance policy. By the terms of the policy the property of the defendant in error was insured “against all direct loss or damage by fire except as hereinafter provided.” After setting forth the amount of the insurance, with a description of the property and certain other provisions not material to the question here involved, the following clause was added:
“This company shall not be liable for loss caused directly or indirectly by invasion,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Imperial Fire Insurance v. Coos CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Insurance Co. v. BoonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Scheffer v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Insurance Co. v. TweedSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- National Bank v. Watsontown BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Tomlyanovich v. TomlyanovichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Pac. Heating & Ventilating Co. v. Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co. of BrooklynCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910
- Spring Garden Ins. v. Imperial Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
- World Fire & Marine Ins. v. Carolina Mills Distributing Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948
- Woogmaster v. Liverpool & London & Globe InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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