State Farm Insurance Companies v. Willie Lee Thompson

Upon ample evidence the District Court in an opinion, Thompson v. State Farm Insurance Companies, D.C.La., 145 F.Supp. 473, which we approve as it relates to the limited matter now before us, by findings of fact which withstand the scrutiny of “clearly erroneous,” Fed. Rules Civ.Proc., rule 52(a), 28 U.S.C.A., and a correct statement of applicable Louisiana principles of law, held that the first policy was still in force and effect, had not been superseded by the second one, and had not been terminated by cancellation of the second one.

We reject, as did the District Court, the suggestion that…