Legal Opinion

Quarles v. Clayton

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 12, 1889PublishedCited by 12 opinions

PROM RUTHERPORD. Appeal from Chancery Court of Rutherford County. W. S. Bearden, Ch.

1Opinion of the CourtLurton, J.

The deceased husband of appellant took out a policy of fire insurance upon his dwelling, loss payable to the assured, his executors, or administrators. Before the expiration of the policy by time, hut after the death of the assured, the house was accidentally burned. The insurance com-

*310pany, by consent of tlie claimants, paid tlie loss into the hands of the defendant, under an agreement that the fund should be held subject to the legal rights of complainant, if any she had, to be thereafter determined by the courts. An agreed case was made up and submitted to the Chancery Court, and from the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. South Carolina v. GaillardSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Nordyke & Marmon Co. v. GeryIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Wyman v. . WymanNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
  4. Culbertson v. CoxSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
  5. Sherwood v. Agricultural Insurance of WatertownNew York Court of Appeals · 1878

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Thompson v. GearheartSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
  2. Gorman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Estate of WelferCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952
  4. American Steam Laundry Co. v. Hamburg Bremen Fire InsuranceTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Bennett v. FeatherstoneTennessee Supreme Court · 1902

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