Legal Opinion
Standard Acc. Ins. v. Southwestern Trading Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1946No. 11385PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
The Southwestern Trading Company, a partnership, engaged in buying and selling hides in the City of Houston, Texas, brought this suit against the Standard Accident Insurance Company to recover losses alleged to have been suffered from burglary.
The Insurance Company, through its salesman, issued to the partnership a mercantile open stock policy of burglary insurance on June 1, 1943, in the amount of $5,000. On August 24, 1943, during the night, the premises of the Trading Company were entered and certain articles were alleged to have been stolen. The burglary was…
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