Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Mount Vernon Fire Insurance v. Highway Trailer Co.
Mount Vernon Fire Ins. v. Highway Trailer Co., 385 U.S. 834 (1966)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1966-10-10
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- "ordinarily the rights of a loss payee are derivative and cannot exceed those of the insured.... But it is also true that a loss payee acquires independent ‘equitable rights, which the insurer is bound to regard’ ”
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Sup. Ct. N. J. Certiorari denied.