Uhlmann Grain Co. v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.

MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court entered January 8, 1940, dismissing plaintiff’s amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action. Plaintiff’s original complaint had theretofore been stricken for the same reason.

The amended complaint (herein referred to as the “complaint”) sought a reformation of, and recovery upon, two contracts of insurance, each designated as a Brokers’ Blanket Bond, issued by the defendant. It appears from the complaint that plaintiff, a corporation,, in 1930 was engaged in the general grain business in Chicago, Illinois,…