Legal Opinion
North British & Mercantile Ins. v. Crowley
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1947No. Nos. 5638, 5639PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOBIE, Circuit Judge.
The appeals in these cases were taken from two judgments of $37,500 each, with interest, recovered by the plaintiffs on two identical fire insurance policies issued by the two defendant companies. By agreement, the two cases were consolidated for trial and were heard by the trial judge without a jury. The opinion of the District Court may be found at W.D.S.C., 1947, 70 F.Supp. 547, 549.
Plaintiffs are waste merchants engaged as partners in the business of buying and selling waste, a by-product of the textile manufacturing mills. This waste, mostly cotton, the plaintiffs…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Madden & Co. v. Phoenix Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Dickerson v. Franklin Nat. Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1942
- McMillan & Son v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
- Hartford Fire Insurance v. FarrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Co. of Mansfield v. Johnson Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Hounihan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. of Bloomington, IllinoisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1969
- American Mutual Liability Insurance Company v. Thomas & Howard Company of Spartanburg, South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Travelers Fire Insurance Co. v. FradyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Cox v. American Guarantee & Liability InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1957
- Strayer v. Thompson (In re Farquhar)District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1988