Legal Opinion
Baker & Hamilton v. Williamsburgh City Fire Ins.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Decided August 29, 1907No. 14,041PublishedCited by 6 opinions
At Law. On demurrer to answer.
1Opinion of the Court
WHITSON, District Judge.
This is an action upon an insurance policy to recover for loss by fire on the 18th day of April, 1906, of a stock of goods,_ wares, and merchandise located in a building on the north side of Pine street, between Front and Davis streets, in the city of San Francisco. It is one of the many actions growing out of the great conflagration in that city which shortly followed the earthquake on that day. Controversies over the liability of insurers for property thus destroyed have taken various forms, depending upon policy provisions. That with which this case is concerned…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Imperial Fire Insurance v. Coos CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Insurance Co. v. BoonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Insurance Co. v. Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
3Cited by6 opinions
- Pac. Heating & Ventilating Co. v. Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co. of BrooklynCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910
- Woogmaster v. Liverpool & London & Globe InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co. of Brooklyn v. WillardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
- Hardin Bag & Burlap Co. v. Fidelity & Guaranty Fire Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Hardin Bag Burlap Co. v. Fidelity G. Fire Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
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