RAPHTIS v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

Nos. 10997-10999.

198 N.W.2d 505 (1972)

Sam RAPHTIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, and United States Fire Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants and Respondents. John RAPHTIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MILBANK MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, and Tri-State Mutual Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants and Respondents. John RAPHTIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, and Agricultural Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Weeks, Jr., of Bogue & Weeks, Vermillion, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Carleton R. Hoy, of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for defendants and respondents.


BIEGELMEIER, Judge.

Plaintiffs commenced three separate actions on policies of insurance issued by defendants for losses sustained as a result of fires.

Plaintiffs, Sam Raphtis and John Raphtis, are brothers; they will be referred to as Sam and John. Sam's action against two companies is for losses from two fires about a month apart in a building he owned in Vermillion, South Dakota. One of John's actions is against...

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