Legal Opinion

Continental Insurance v. Cox

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1879PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Effingham county; the Hon. James C. Allen, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was an action brought by Hulmán & Cox against the Continental Insurance Company, to recover for the destruction by fire of a dwelling house, upon which the defendant had-issued a policy of insurance to Sarah Jane Ryan and John Ryan.

The facts appearing are, that on the 11th day of June, 1875, Sarah J. Ryan, and John Ryan, her husband, executed and delivered to Hulmán & Cox their mortgage upon a lot of ground at Watson, Ill., upon which was the dwelling house in question, to secure the payment of their note to Hulmán & Cox, of the same date, for $962.60, payable one year from date, with…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Franklin Savings Institution v. Central Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  2. Bigler v. . New York Central Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  3. New York Central Insurance v. WatsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
  4. North American Fire Insurance v. ZaengerIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  5. Mussey v. . the Atlas Mutual Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1856

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Walker v. Queen Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  2. Hughes v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Smith v. Union Insurance Co., Etc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1903
  4. Boyd v. Thuringia InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Christenson v. Fidelity InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902

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