Legal Opinion
Engleman v. General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1957No. 15315PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity case. (28 U.S.C.A. § 1332.) It raises the question of how much appellees are obligated to pay because of a loss incurred by appellant as a result of a fire on August 7, 1954, which destroyed certain personal property owned by appellant’s assignors. The personal property had been insured on May 10, 1952, in the amount of $11,000 with defendant-appellee General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Limited, a corporation, (hereinafter called General) and in the amount of $12,000 with defendant-appellee Insurance Company of North America, a…
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