Houtz v. General Bonding & Insurance

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, as plaintiffs below, filed this action in the District Court for New Mexico against appellee, General Bonding & Insurance Company, alleging that appellee had entered into a contract of liability insurance with one Walter Roy-er on or about September 10, 1953, providing coverage for liabilities arising out of his operation of the Chevron Cafe near Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was further alleged that on the following September 13, an explosion occurred in Royer’s place of business, killing Sheryl Houtz and Anna Ellis, and that appellants, as individuals and…