Lattimore v. Merchants Fire Assurance Corp.

HARRIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks to recover from defendant under a personal property floater insurance policy which she carried with defendant for some ten years prior to the particular loss involved in this action. The policy was renewed in 1955 for a three-year period. The total amount of the policy was some $48,000; the particular items for which recovery is sought represent only a small percentage of the face amount.

Plaintiff, a collector of objects of art, has filed a claim for loss and damage on certain items of scheduled fine arts, including statuary, vases, dolls, bric-a-brac.…