Legal Opinion
Wilson v. National Automobile & Casualty Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 16, 1959No. Term 59-F-2PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE CULBERTSON
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the City Court of Granite City entered upon a verdict in the amount of $2,000, returned by a jury in an action to recover on an insurance policy insuring plaintiffs, Victor G. Wilson and Violet D. Wilson’s building against collapse. The collapse of the building was caused when a portion of the basement dwelling collapsed following an unusual and excessive amount of rainfall on June 14,1957.
The only issue before the Court is to determine whether or not “surface water” resulting from severe rainfall is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Schmidt v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
- Goldfarb v. Maryland Casualty Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1941
- Poole v. Sun Underwriters InsuranceSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1937
3Cited by12 opinions
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. SchmittAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- Deterding v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
- Caster v. Motors Ins. Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1961
- Wallis v. Country Mutual InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000
- American States Insurance v. Byerly Aviation, Inc.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 1978
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