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Mortensen v. Security Insurance

289 U.S. 702 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1933-03-27 Docket No. 589 English

Decision Majority — *702 Per Curiam: · Dissent — Brand J.

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No. 589.
Mortensen, Commissioner of Insurance, v. Security Insurance Co.
Argued March 22, 1933.
Decided March 27, 1933.
Mr. J. E. Messerschmidt, Assistant Attorney General of
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Wisconsin, with whom Mr. James E. Finnegan, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellant.

Decree affirmed. Terral v. Burke Construction Co., 257 U.S. 529 ; Prudential Insurance Co. v. Cheek, 259 U.S. 530 , 544; National Fire Insurance Co. v. Wanberg, 260 U.S. 71 , 75; Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Tafoya, 270 U.S. 426 , 434; Hanover Fire Insurance Co. v. Harding, 272 U.S. 494 , 507.

dissents upon the authority of Doyle v. Continental Insurance Co., 94 U.S. 535 , and Security Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Prewitt, 202 U.S. 246 .

Messrs. Samuel Levin and Wm. Marshall Bullitt were on the brief for appellee.

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