Legal Opinion
Coastal Plains Feeders, Inc., Cross v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., Cross
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1977No. 75-3482PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellee Coastal Plains Feeders, Inc. 1 operates a commercial feed lot near Samson, Alabama where it holds cattle for their owners and fattens them for market. Defendant-appellant insurance companies 2 issued “floater” policies to Coastal Plains insuring the cattle it held against loss by “theft, but excluding escape or mysterious disappearance.” In this diversity action 3 Coastal Plains sued the companies on the insurance contracts to recover the value of 512 cattle that vanished from its feed lot. Coastal Plains also sought an additional $50,000…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Waters v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, PaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Old Southern Life Insurance Company v. WoodallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Audrey Shaps v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company, Provident Life and Casualty Insurance Company, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Parker Supply Company, Inc., and Owen P. Parker, Jr. v. The Travelers Indemnity Co., a Corporation, and Charter Oak Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SargentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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