Legal Opinion
Export Leaf Tobacco Co. v. American Insurance Co. of Newark
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1958No. Nos. 7460, 7664PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
In these consolidated appeals a dealer who had purchased a quantity of tobacco at an auction warehouse in Abingdon, Virginia, seeks to recover for loss sustained in a fire which occurred at the warehouse before the tobacco was removed. We are called upon to decide whether the loss falls upon the warehouseman or its insurer or on the plaintiff’s insurers.
The tobacco purchaser was Export Leaf Tobacco Company (“Export Leaf”), a Delaware corporation. The Burley Bee Warehouse (“Burley Bee”) was owned and operated by Park Bernard and W. W. Bernard, now deceased. The warehouse,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Ayres v. Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1939
- Automobile Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Springfield Dyeing Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. Garza County Warehouse & Marketing Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- General Cigar Co. Ex Rel. Home Insurance Co. v. Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1971
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