Legal Opinion
Century Ins. v. First Nat. Bank of Hughes Springs, Tex.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1939No. 8956PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This action was instituted against appellant, in the state court, by the First National Bank of Hughes Springs, to recover a portion of the proceeds of an insurance policy issued to the A. E. Hervey Bonded Warehouse. The policy covered about 4000 bales of cotton which were destroyed by fire on the morning of October 7, 1937. The case having been removed to the federal court, the appellant filed its an swer and plea in the nature of a bill of interpleader, admitting liability in the sum of $123,201.75, which sum was tendered into court, and which, disregarding the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Home Insurance Co. of New York v. Lake Dallas Gin Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1936
- John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. KeganDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1938
- Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. LuskDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1930
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