Legal Opinion
Royal Insurance Company, Limited, a Foreign Corporation v. The Sisters of the Presentation, a California Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1970No. 23009PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELY, Circuit Judge:
This action arose in a California state court from which it was removed to the District Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1441 (a). The suit was based on a policy of fire insurance written by appellant Royal on a convent formerly occupied by the appellee Sisters. The building was destroyed by fire, the Sisters won a $174,-000 judgment, and Royal appeals. We reverse.
The building was constructed in 1877 and burned eighty-nine years later, on June 8, 1966. For several years before the fire, it had been used by the Sisters as a residence for their members who were teaching at a high…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McAnarney v. Newark Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Hughes v. Potomac InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- Bomberger v. McKelveyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Davis v. Phoenix InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
- The Continental Insurance Company of New York, New York, a Corporation v. Richard B. CottenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Gendron v. Pawtucket Mutual InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Garcy Corporation v. Home Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Gendron v. Pawtucket Mutual InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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