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Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tenn. v. Barefield

Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of Tennessee v. Barefield

Life & Cas. Ins. Co. of Tenn. v. Barefield, 291 U.S. 575 (1934)
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Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
March 5, 1934
Docket
No. 509
Judges
Cardozo
Citations
291 U.S. 57554 S. Ct. 48678 L. Ed. 9991934 U.S. LEXIS 518

Opinion — Cardozo

Mr. Justice Cardozo delivered the opinion of the Court.

In a suit upon a policy of accident insurance, the respondent recovered a judgment in,iaccot'dance with a stipulation declaring the extent of/the liability if the insurer was liable at all.

Attorney’s fees and twelve per cent damages were added to the recovery in accordance with- the statute. Section 6155, Arkansas Digest, Crawford & Moses, 1921.

The case presents the same question as No. 89, Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. McCray, ante, p. 566, and is ruled by that decision.

The judgment is Affirmed.

How later courts describe this case

No later court has written an explanatory parenthetical about this case yet.

1934: 11973: 11981: 119342026peak 1934 · 1

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Hayes v. Erie Insurance Exchange425 A.2d 419 (Pa. 1981)
  2. Financial Security Life Assurance Co. v. Wright496 S.W.2d 358 (Ark. 1973)
  3. Life & Casualty Insurance v. McCray292 U.S. 600 (1934)

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  1. Hayes v. Erie Insurance Exchange425 A.2d 419 (Pa. 1981)
  2. Financial Security Life Assurance Co. v. Wright496 S.W.2d 358 (Ark. 1973)
  3. Life & Casualty Insurance v. McCray292 U.S. 600 (1934)

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