Legal Opinion
Chicago Title & Trust Co., as Trustee Under Trust No. 49944 v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 19, 1975No. 73--1941PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this diversity case is whether the insured may recover under an Illinois fire insurance contract for the loss of a building that had little or no economic value at the time of the loss. To decide this issue we must return to the area of the law visited last year in Garcy v. Home Ins. Co., 496 F.2d 479 (7th Cir. 1974). The plaintiff insured appeals from an order entering summary judgment for the defendant insurer on the issue of damages and dismissing the remainder of the case as moot.
The building in question, 1312-1316 West 79th Street, Chicago, Illinois, was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- McAnarney v. Newark Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- First National Bank v. Boston InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
- Lieberman v. Hartford Fire InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- Frank F. W. Knuppel v. American Insurance Company, and North River Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
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- W. Wood Prince and James F. Donovan, as Trustees of the Central Manufacturing District v. Royal Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- General Casualty Co. v. Tracer Industries, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1996
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