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Home Ins. Co. v. Hightower

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 9, 1927No. 5079PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to reverse a judgment of $136,773.06, entered on a verdict in favor of defendants in error, plaintiffs below. Error is assigned to the overruling of a motion to direct a verdict in favor of plaintiff in error, defendant below, at the close of the evidence, to certain parts of the general charge given, and to the refusal of various requests for special charges. These assignments present all the material issues and may he considered together. The parties will hereafter be referred to as they appeared in the district court.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance v. KearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  2. Twin City Fire Ins. v. Stockmen's Nat. Bank of Ft. BentonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1919

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Peters v. Great American Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
  2. Columbia Fire Ins. Co. v. Boykin & Tayloe, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
  3. Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company v. J. D. JanesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  4. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh v. California Cotton Credit Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
  5. ætna Ins. Co. v. RhodesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948

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