GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP. v. AMERICAN INS. CO.

No. 6070.

50 F.2d 803 (1931)

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. AMERICAN INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. W. Shackleford and N. B. K. Pettingill, both of Tampa, Fla., for appellant.

T. A. Hammond, of Atlanta, Ga., and Alston Cockrell, of Jacksonville, Fla. (Smith, Hammond, Smith & Bloodworth, of Atlanta, Ga., and Cockrell & Cockrell, of Jacksonville, Fla., on the brief), for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

The General Motors Acceptance Corporation brought suit against the American Insurance Company to recover some $14,000 on a dealer's open fire policy covering a number of automobiles, issued to J. N. Ackley and assigned to it after the loss. The case was tried to a jury, and at the close of the evidence for plaintiff a verdict was directed for defendant. Various errors assigned will be referred to in the course of the opinion.

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