Export Leaf Tobacco Co. v. American Insurance

BARKSDALE, District Judge.

This case having been tried upon the facts by the court without the intervention of -a jury, the court doth now find the facts and state separately its conclusions of law thereon and direct the entry of the appropriate judgment as follows: ..

Findings of Fact.

Plaintiff, Export Leaf Tobacco Company is a Delaware corporation, and defendant, The American Insurance Company, is a New Jersey corporation, and the amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional amount. Plaintiff is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, and in all its activities…