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Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. v. Murphy

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 19, 1933No. 1 Div. 731PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

This is an action on a contract of “protection and indemnity,” against liability for and the payment of any sum incurred and paid by plaintiff for loss or damage to goods, etc., on board of plaintiff’s steamboat Rose Murphy, which, witli its cargo, was lost or foundered at sea. The complaint alleged such loss of the ship, his liability for and payment of a definite sum for the goods, etc., which were lost with the ship and which were the property of another.'

The court sustained demurrer to pleas 4 and 5, as last amended. Such ruling is the first matter submitted for our…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Eagle, Star & British Dominions Insurance v. HellerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
  3. Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. Schindler v. Royal Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
  5. Supreme Commandery of the Knights of the Golden Rule v. AinsworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. O'Bar v. Southern Life Health Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  3. Asato v. FurtadoHawaii Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. of New York v. MurphySupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  5. Ex Parte ThicklinSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002

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