Legal Opinion
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. Garza County Warehouse & Marketing Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1937No. 8486PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was on a fire policy issued by appellant as insurer to appellee as assured, covering cotton held by the assured in trust or on commission, or in storage for the account of customers while contained in plaintiff’s warehouse. The claim was that, while so covered, cotton there was on January 17, 1936, destroyed by fire.
Defendant admitted the making of the contract. It defended on the ground that by paragraph 7 of its policy it was provided: “It is understood and agreed that this insurance does not cover any cotton on which the owner has other insurance which…
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- Arcola Sugar Mills Co. v. BurnhamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
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