Legal Opinion
General Acc. Fire & Life Assur. Corp. v. Schero
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1947No. 11764PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff below was the insurer of the defendants below against burglary. Between Saturday afternoon, February 7, 1942, when defendants closed their sponge warehouse, and Monday morning, February 9, burglars removed a quantity of sponges from the warehouse. Plaintiff sued to determine its liability on the policy for the loss. On a former trial defendants obtained judgment for the loss on their cross-claim. We reversed the judgment on appeal1 and sent the case back for a new trial. We defined the issues on retrial to be:(1) Did the loss occur before or after the effective…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Stoner v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Smith, Et Vir v. Burdine's, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1940
- King v. Weis-Patterson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1936
- Duval Laundry Co., Inc. v. ReifSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
- Dempsey-Vanderbilt Hotel, Inc. v. HuismanSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Lenora Gorman Smith v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Elvera v. McNamara v. American Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957