Legal Opinion
American Mut. Liability Ins. v. Buckley & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 4, 1941No. 7540PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
This is a proceeding brought under the Declaratory Judgment Act, as amended, 48 Stat. 955, 28 U.S.C.A. § 400, by American Mutual Liability Insurance Company to •determine its liability upon a policy of public liability insurance issued by it on August 1, 1935 to the appellee, Buckley and Company, Inc.
The Buckley Company, a contractor, was excavating for the foundation of a public school in Philadelphia. Michael Abate, thirteen years old, saw some caps used to detonate dynamite lying on a pile of lumber outside the fence at the site of excavation. One of his companions…
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