Legal Opinion
Powell v. Home Insurance
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided May 7, 1958No. Civ. A. No. 6429PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
TIMMERMAN, Chief Judge.
This is a fire insurance case. Upon its trial the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $2,500 for the loss of her dwelling and $7,000 for the loss of the contents of the dwelling. The policy is a renewal of a pre-existing policy, which afforded $3,000 protection on plaintiff’s dwelling and $7,000 on the contents of the dwelling. A fire destroyed the dwelling and its contents while the plaintiff and her husband were in Florida.
The defendant’s motion, as originally made, is based upon eight grounds, but the fourth ground has been withdrawn.
The primary contention…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Dobson v. American Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
- Graham v. American Eagle Fire Ins. Co. Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- New York Life Insurance Co. v. GreerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1933
- Bruner v. Automobile Ins. Co. of HartfordSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Tedder v. Hartford Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1965