Legal Opinion
Great American Ins. Co. of New York v. Roney & Berger Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 3, 1930No. 4296-4303PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
The Roney & Berger Company owned and operated a shoe factory in Allentown, Pa. It had placed insurance on buildings, equipment, tools, and stock with nine insurance companies for different sums, which together amounted to $205,000. A fire occurred, resulting in a total loss of all property insured. When the companies refused to pay the insurance money, the Roney & Berger Company sued them in the state court in Lehigh county. For lack of diversity of citizenship one suit was tried there. The remaining eight were removed to the District Court of the' United States for the…
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