Legal Opinion
Republic National Life Insurance Co. v. United States Fire Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 14, 1979No. 19852PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUMPHREYS, Justice.
This is an action on a fidelity bond issued by appellee, United States Fire Insurance Company, insuring appellant, Republic National Life Insurance Company, against losses due to fraudulent acts of its employees. After discovery that one of Republic’s employees had forged a number of checks and had subsequently altered the amounts of some of them, Republic filed a proof of loss, showing a loss of $32,924.84, but actually claiming only $13,692.84, which U. S. Fire paid. Republic subsequently claimed an additional $19,232.00 of this loss, and when U. S. Fire refused further…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States Fire Insurance Co. v. CarterTexas Supreme Court · 1971
- Johnson v. Breckenridge-Stephens Title Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1924
- Allied Concord Financial Corp. v. Bank of AmericaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
- International Insurance Co. v. Medical-Professional Building of Corpus ChristiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- City of Anson v. ArnettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gerber v. CITY NAT. BANK OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
- Madore v. Dairyland County Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Reames v. Logue, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1986
- United States Fire Insurance Co. v. Republic National Life Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1980