New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. Iowa State Bank
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa; Martin J. Wade, Judge. Action by the Iowa State Bank against the New Amsterdam Casualty Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
Whether or not the facts admitted, or shown in this case justified a directed verdict in favor of the plaintiff bank is the question presented. By means of a robbery, the bank lost a large amount of money and securities taken from the unlocked safe kept within an unlocked vault. This action was brought upon an insurance policy which had been issued to the bank by the plaintiff in error. The insurer agreed to indemnify the bank:
“A. For all loss of money and securities in consequence of the felonious abstraction of the same during the day or night from the safe or safes…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bright v. ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918
- Erie R. v. RussellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
- Kinney v. ConantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1909
- Franklin State Bank v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1919
- United States v. F. A. Marsily & Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1908
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Larry Howard Homan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. Iowa State BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
- Stone v. National Surety CorporationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1962
- Ball v. ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1924
- Porter v. BowersDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1947
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