Legal Opinion

Connecticut Fire Insurance v. Colorado Leasing, Mining & Milling Co.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 15, 1911No. 6412PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from Fremont District Court — Hon. Morton S. Bailey, Judge.

1Opinion of the Court 1

After stating the foregoing facts,

2Opinion of the Court · MusserJustice Musser

The defendant set up eleven separate defenses, each of which related to an alleged breach of some condition of the policy, which it is argued was sufficient to defeat the action. Numerous errors are assigned, most of which center about and are related to the first. The first assignment of error is .that the court erred in- refusing defendant’s request to instruct the jury to> return a verdict in its favor. The policy provided that it should be void if the insured had concealed any material fact or circumstance concerning the insurance or the subject thereof,…

3Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Gerringer v. North Carolina Home InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  2. Steele v. German InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Phenix Ins. v. KerrCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
  4. Loventhal v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  5. Welch v. Fire Ass'n of PhiladelphiaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904

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4Cited by25 opinions

  1. Morrison v. GoodspeedSupreme Court of Colorado · 1937
  2. Sun Insurance Office, Ltd. v. MallickCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1931
  3. Security Mutual Casualty Company v. Century Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
  4. Waller v. City of New York Ins.Oregon Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Western Motor Rebuilders, Inc. v. CarlsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1959

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