Legal Opinion
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. American Food Products Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 9, 1927No. 7634PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error to a judgment recovered on two policies and three certificates of marine insurance. The controversy grows out of a claim for damages sustained by Morris '& Co. (predecessor in interest of defendant in error) on a shipment of frozen beef from New York to Gothenburg, Sweden, in the summer of 1919. For' convenience the parties will be designated as below; plaintiff in error was defendant.
The shipment of beef was covered by a number of insurance policies; a fire occurred on shipboard during the voyage, damaging the beef; and, the parties having failed…
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