Legal Opinion
Schenley Distillers Corp. v. United States Fire Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 14, 1937No. 386PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict in an action to recover under a policy of fire insurance for loss on certain liquors. The property insured belonged to the plaintiff and its subsidiaries and was stored in a number of warehouses in various places; the loss occurred on April 28, 1934, in the warehouses of James E. Pepper Co. Inc. at Lexington, Kentucky. The policy was one of twenty-four on the same risk, the defendant’s share being for five per cent; it ran from October 1, 1933, to October 1, 1934, though it was executed…
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