New York Fire Insurance Co. v. Kansas Milling Co.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

“This litigation,” said the trial judge, “arose out of the death in October, 1949 in Shreveport of an ox. Advertised as the world’s largest ox he was, surprisingly, not from Texas, but was domiciled in Oklahoma and bore the name of Oklahoma Billy.” This animal was owned by Darlene Shannon, minor daughter of L. D. Shannon, of Oklahoma, who was her qualified guardian. The ox was insured against the perils of transportation by the New York Fire Insurance Company in the principal sum of $10,000, and after its death suit was instituted in the United States District Court for the…