Boyd v. Aetna Insurance Company

SIMPSON, District Judge.

This cause having been tried by the Court, without a jury, the Court, pursuant to Rule 52(a) F.R.Civ.P., 28 U.S. C.A., makes the following

Findings of Fact.

1. The plaintiff, C. C. Boyd, Sr., is a citizen of the State of Florida, and the defendant, Aetna Insurance Company, is a corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of Connecticut, with its principal place of business therein. The matter in controversy exceeds the sum of $10,000.

2. On July 17, 1958, the defendant issued to plaintiff its policy (No. S39 24 48) of fire insurance in the amount of $12,500 on…