Legal Opinion

Belatti v. Western Grain Dealers Mut. Fire Ins.

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided May 4, 1931No. File No. 6754PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWarren, J.

Action by plaintiff to recover for a fire loss under a statutory fire insurance policy issued December 19, 1925, by the defendant to the plaintiff and appellant, Severi Belatti.

The defendant is a mutual fire insurance company with headquarters in Des M'oines, Iowa. It has a general agent in South Dakota and a local agency at Lake Norden, S. D. The plaintiff at one time owned the West Hotel at Watertown, S. D., which hotel was sold in December, 1923. He received back as a part of the consideration a note and mortgage for $15,000, executed by one Victor M. Belatti and one Russell R. Riddell.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Boston Co-operative Bank v. American Central InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  2. Corkery v. Security Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  3. McCormick v. Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Foote v. Hartford Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  5. Bradley v. German-American InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1901

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Kimberley & Carpenter, Inc. v. National Liberty InsuranceSuperior Court of Delaware · 1931
  2. Union Central Life Ins. Co. of Cincinnati v. Codington County Farmers Fire & Lightning Mut. Ins. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Union Central Life Insurance v. Franklin County Farmers Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1936

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