B. Schwartz & Co. v. Hepburn

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

This diversity suit is to recover damages under certificates of insurance covering plaintiff’s loss in shipments of frozen meat imported from New Zealand to Chicago. The meat was found to be contaminated. It was reconditioned and plaintiff paid, and seeks to recover, the costs of reconditioning. Verdict and *578judgment were for plaintiff, and defendants have appealed.

Plaintiff, an Illinois corporation, in 1957 was in the business of importing and exporting meats.1 Defendant Hepburn is appearing on behalf of himself and of other underwriters of the insurance involved herein…