Legal Opinion

American Steam Laundry Co. v. Hamburg Bremen Fire Insurance

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1908PublishedCited by 10 opinions

FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Knox Connty.— Joseph W. Sneed, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil

delivered the'opinion of the Court.

On the 24th of August, 1906, the defendant insurance company issued a policy of $1,200 for one .year, payable to the “American Steam Laundry Company,” insuring certain laundry machines and other machines contained in a building described in the policy. The American Steam Laundry Company was not a corporation, but the term designated a laundry business carried on by one Coram Acuff; the name being used by him simply as a trade name. Subsequently he sold a half interest to one Wiley, and the latter sold his interest to S. P. Armstrong. After this Coram Acuff…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Grace v. American Central InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Hermann v. Niagara Fire InsururanceNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. White v. Connecticut Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  4. Devens v. Mechanics & Traders' InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  5. Connecticut Fire Ins. v. ManningCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Rosedale Securities Co. v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1926
  2. Fulton Bellows, LLC v. Federal InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2009
  3. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Ex Rel. First National Bank v. Aetna InsuranceTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Cheek v. American Eagle Fire Ins.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1928
  5. Germania Fire Ins. v. Fort Worth Grain & Elevator Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1925

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