Legal Opinion

Maryland Casualty Company, a Corporation v. Morris Oil Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 19, 1956No. 7142PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought to reform a policy of liability insurance issued by Maryland Casualty Company to Morris Oil Corporation in Virginia and to obtain a judgment in the sum,of $5,041.60 which the oil company had been required to pay in damages and court costs to persons who had suffered property damage as a result of a mistake on its part in the misdelivery of gasoline in place of Kerosene. The case was tried by the District Judge who found for the oil company and the casualty company appealed.

The decision turns on the inquiry whether there was sufficient evidence to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ashby v. DumouchelleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
  2. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. MillerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
  3. Dickenson County Bank v. Royal Exchange AssuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
  4. Bankers Fire Insurance v. HendersonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
  5. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. IsherwoodCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1925

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Chandler v. Aero Mayflower Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  2. Angelo Vakas v. Philip ManuelCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
  3. Simons v. Federal Bar Building CorporationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
  4. Chandler v. Aero Mayflower Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  5. Carriers Insurance Exchange v. Truck Insurance ExchangeDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1962

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