Legal Opinion
Transamerica Insurance v. J. Hungerford Smith Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1971No. Nos. 20502, 20503PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
The controversy in this case is between two liability insurance companies which issued large policies of insurance to Smith. Each claims that the other is liable to pay the damages sustained by him. There can be no question that one of them is liable.
Smith, the insured, was engaged in the manufacture of fruit syrups and flavoring for soda fountains and the ice cream industry. In the regular course of his business he manufactured a product known as “Finished Orange Oils” and stored it in metal 55-gallon drum containers. Finished Orange Oils contained about 90% alcohol.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Walter Gene Gwin, Barto L. Brown, Jr., and Earl W. Brown, D/B/A Mobile SupplycompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
3Cited by1 opinion
- Transamerica Insurance Company v. J. Hungerford Smith Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Appellant, and American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, J. Hungerford Smith Company, Inc., and Cross-Appellee v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, and Transamerica Insurance Company, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971