Legal Opinion

Scottish Union & National Insurance v. Andrews & Matthews

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 24, 1905PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Panola. Tried below before Hon. Richard B. Levy.

1Opinion of the Court

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

— This suit was brought by appellees, Andrews & Matthews, to recover upon a policy of fire insurance, for $1,500, issued to them by appellant upon a stock of- goods and merchandise owned by said appellees which had, subsequent to the issuance of said policy, been destroyed by fire.

In addition to a general denial the defendant’s answer contains special pleas in which it is averred that the policy sued on was void for the following reasons: (1) Because the plaintiffs had failed to comply with the clause in the policy which required them to keep and preserve in an…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Brown v. Palatine Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Griffey v. New York Central InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. Equitable Life Insurance v. HazlewoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  4. Goddard v. East Texas Fire InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. FaberTexas Supreme Court · 1888

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Standard Fire Insurance Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Home Ins. Co. v. F. C. Flewellen Produce Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  3. Fireman's Fund Ins. v. GallowayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
  4. Maryland Casualty Co. v. F. B. Hunter & CoCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1928
  5. Hanover Fire Ins. Co. v. EismanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915

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