Legal Opinion
Farmers' Home Mutual Fire Assoc. v. McAlister
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 28, 1926PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). The principal-ground relied upon for a reversal of the judgment is that, the court instructed the jury that its verdict should be for the plaintiff for the value of the barn as fixed in the policy. This instruction is in accordance with § 6147 of Crawford & Moses ’ Digest, which makes the full amount of the insurance named in the policy payable in the event of a total loss, and limiting the recovery to that amount. Statutes of this sort are commonly called valued policy laws, and have been sustained .by. this court and by .the Supreme Court of the United…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Orient Insurance v. DaggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. v. PaytonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- Minneapolis Fire & Marine Mutual Ins. v. FultzSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- American Central Insurance v. NoeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- National Union Fire Insurance Co. v. KentSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
3Cited by5 opinions
- Firemen's Insurance Co. v. LittleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
- Tedford v. Security State Fire Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1955
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. GreenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
- St. Paul Reinsurance Co., Inc. v. IronsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
- Thurston National Insurance v. DowlingSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976