Old Colony Insurance v. M-P Cotton Felt Co. of Mississippi, Inc.

CLAYTON, District Judge.

Involved in this suit are certain policies of fire insurance which are here listed on Appendix 1. The companies issuing said policies filed this suit for declaratory relief (28 U.S.C. § 2201) against the named insured in said policies and its mortgagee named in some of the policies. After issuance of the policies, a fire loss occurred which gave rise to claims under these policies by the insured. Motion to dismiss was filed by defendants. It asserted lack of jurisdictional amount in controversy as the ground with respect to the policies listed in I and III of Appendix…