NATIONAL FIRE INS. CO. v. SANDERS

No. 5636.

38 F.2d 212 (1930)

NATIONAL FIRE INS. CO. v. SANDERS et al. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO. v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 25, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will C. Thompson, of Dallas, Tex. (Thompson, Knight, Baker & Harris, of Dallas, Tex., on the brief), for appellants.

Alfred McKnight, of Fort Worth, Tex. (W. C. Kirk, of Chicago, Ill., and Warren Scarborough and Cantey, Hanger & McMahon, all of Fort Worth, Tex., on the brief), for appellee Armour Fertilizer Works.

Alvin H. Lane, of Dallas, Tex. (Rodgers & Rodgers, of Texarkana, Tex., and Winfrey & Lane, of Dallas, Tex., on the brief), for appellee W. D. Sanders.

Rollin W. Rodgers, of Texarkana, Tex. (Rodgers & Rodgers, of Texarkana, Tex., and Winfrey & Lane, of Dallas, Tex., on the brief), for appellee Mrs. W. D. Sanders.

Before WALKER and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

These two cases were consolidated for trial and on appeal. The facts are not disputed, are practically identical, and the suits may be disposed of as one case.

Appellants are insurance companies organized under the laws of Connecticut. They had issued policies to W. D. Sanders, a citizen of Texas, residing within the jurisdiction of the District Court, and covering a dwelling house owned by him, situated in De Kalb, Texas. The building...

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