A Treatise on the Law of Insurance in All Its Branches: Especially Fire, Life, Accident, Marine, Title, Fidelity, Credit, and Employers' Liability; with an Appendix of Statutes Affecting the Insurance Contract and a Collection of Forms

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Banks law publishing Company, 1912 - 959 pages
 

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Contents

American Lloyds
11
Fire Insurance
12
Life Insurance
13
Accident Insurance
14
Classification of Risks
15
Mortuary Tables
16
Reserve
17
Different Kinds of Policies
18
Same SubjectMarine
21
Same SubjectFire
22
Same SubjectLife
23
Mixed Risks Sea and Land 23 Reinsurance Pages 125
24
CHAPTER II
27
Insurable InterestFire
33
Same SubjectLegal Title
34
Same SubjectEquitable Title
35
Illegal or Defective Title 29 Same SubjectRepresentative Capacity 30 Same SubjectLiens
36
Same SubjectContract Rights 33 Same SubjectLiability
38
Insurable InterestLife
39
Ties of Affection Blood or Mar
42
Insurance Does Not Always 65 If All the Donee Beneficiaries
48
Same SubjectStipulation in RightLife
55
Name of the Assured
62
Introductory 82 Contract Governed by Terms
74
Contract Closed by Parol 87 Special Terms Prevail Over Gen
80
Parol to Explain Ambiguity
88
Trade Custom
109
Introductory
117
Fire and Life
124
What Cannot Be Waived 143 Silence Not a Waiver
130
Mere Opinion or Belief Not Gen
131
The SameReceipt of Overdue 150 Taking Part in Adjustment
136
No Special Form Necessary
137
Rule in Federal CourtsMassa Pleaded
142
Inability to Fulfill no Excuse
145
To Avoid Forfeiture Contract
152
CHAPTER VI
158
Effect of Stipulations in the 170 Notice of Restriction upon
159
Limited Authority of Solicitors 177 Overt Act with Authority
165
What Is Marine Insurance 193 Constructive Total LossUni
181
Deviation by Delay 198 Salvage Charges Recoverable
187
CHAPTER VIII
189
GENERAL PRINCIPLESCONTINUED
221
riage
239
CHAPTER X
260
Voluntary Stranding
266
Contributory Value of Freight
273
In Consideration of the Stipu
280
Survey etc When a War 289 Return Premium When Policy
282
The Following Described Prop
288
Removal of Property for 306 Appraisal
295
Excusable Failure in Strict 317 Policies with Nonconcurrent
301
Interest of the Insured
311
Waiver and Estoppel
317
FactoriesOperation and Stop
326
Exception of Hazardous Em 406 Riding in or on Any Such Con
390
Accidents Caused by Disease
396
Lost or Not Lost
412
When Required Production of ance
417
Water Company
452
CHAPTER XVI
461
Title Insurance isfied Liability
467
Anticipatory BreachReme
468
Knowledge of What Agents Is mise or Defense in Accident
473
History of Family and Rela
486
CHAPTER XVII
495
361 Extended or Paidup Insur
502
etc Excepted
537
CHAPTER XIX
582
Masters NameShips Name
585
The Subject of Insurance
586
Same SubjectShip 416 Same SubjectCargo
587
Same SubjectFreight 418 Commencement of RiskShip Freight
588
Commencement of the Risk Cargo
590
Same SubjectIndorsements Declarations 421 The Voyage
591
Duration and Termination of Risk
593
Touch and Stay 424 Prohibited Waters
598
CHAPTER XX
600
Foundering at Sea 427 Grounding 428 Collision 429 Stress of Weather
603
Fire
606
Perils of War
607
Arrests Restraints of Kings Princes or People
610
Thieves 434 Barratry
611
Jettison 436 All Other Perils Losses or Misfortunes
614
Proximate Cause
615
When Nearest Antecedent Cause Held Responsible
616
Proximate Cause How Far Followed in Its Results
617
An Independent Intervening Cause
619
Joint Action of Peril Insured Against and Peril Excepted
620
Proximate Cause as Limiting Insurers Liability
624
Wear and Tear 445 Original Defect
625
Inherent Vice
626
Application of Principles to Particular Average 448 The Sue and Labor Clause
628
Exemption of Loss under Five Per Cent
635
Other Assurance Clause
636
Warranted Uninsured 452 Warranted Uninsured beyond a Specified Amount 453 Warranted Free of Capture
637
Want of Ordinary Care and Skill
638
Other Perils Sometimes Ex cepted
639
Memorandum Clause War ranted Free from Average Unless General
640
Whether Constructive or Only Actual Total Loss Will Sat isfy the Warranty
642
Total Loss of Part
643
Unless Ship Be Stranded
644
What Constitutes Stranding
645
Statutes of American Legislatures Affecting the Insurance Contract Arranged
681
CHAPTER II
718
RELATING TO ADJUSTMENT
777
Memorandum Articles
847
Creditor in Life of Debtor
864
SameTo What Amount 38 Other Business Relations
865
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TitleA Treatise on the Law of Insurance in All Its Branches: Especially Fire, Life, Accident, Marine, Title, Fidelity, Credit, and Employers' Liability; with an Appendix of Statutes Affecting the Insurance Contract and a Collection of Forms
AuthorGeorge Richards
Edition3
PublisherBanks law publishing Company, 1912
Original fromThe Ohio State University (MORITZ LAW LIBRARY)
Digitized5 Mar 2015
Length959 pages
  
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