Legal Opinion
American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. Wilson-Keith & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1957No. Nos. 15648, 15649PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
Federal jurisdiction existed in this case by reason of diversity of citizenship. It was commenced as an action for declaratory judgment to obtain adjudication that the two insurance companies, plaintiffs, were not liable under certain policies of fire and explosion insurance issued respectively by each of them to Wilson-Keith and Company (covering also the interest of its mortgagee, Dumas-Wilson and Company) and insuring the contents of its manufacturing plant at 4140 Chippewa Street, St. Louis, Missouri, in the aggregate amount of $60,000. Explosion and fire had…
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- Marshall's U. S. Auto Supply, Inc. v. CashmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Kansas City Stock Yards Co. v. A. Reich & SonsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
- Commercial Union Assurance Co. v. Foley Bros.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Bruce Hammann v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. The Willard United Bank and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation, and Central Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Wilson-Keith & Company, a Corporation, and Dumas-Wilson & Company, a Corporation, Wilson-Keith & Company, a Corporation, and Dumas-Wilson & Company, a Corporation v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation, and Central Mutual Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957