Solomon v. Federal Insurance
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. J. W. Mahon, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLawlor, J.
This is an action to recover, three thousand dollars upon a valued fire insurance policy upon plaintiff’s automobile. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Appellant’s contention is twofold: First, that the automobile for the loss of which plaintiff brought suit does not answer the description in the policy, thus constituting a breach of warranty and preventing the risk from attaching; second, that it issued the policy on the strength of certain statements in the application for insurance which are untrue, and therefore relieve the defendant from liability.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- The Columbia Insurance Company of Alexandria, in Error v. Joseph W. Lawrence, Who Survived Thomas PoindexterSupreme Court of the United States · 1836
- Iverson v. Metropolitan Life Etc. Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
- McEwen v. New York Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1914
- Madsen v. Maryland Cas. Co. of BaltimoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
- Sharman v. Continental InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
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- Bennett v. Northwestern National InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1927
- Wallace v. World Fire & Marine Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn.District Court, S.D. California · 1947
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