FIDELITY-PHENIX FIRE INS. CO. v. CORTEZ CIGAR CO.

No. 8553.

92 F.2d 882 (1937)

FIDELITY-PHENIX FIRE INS. CO. OF NEW YORK et al. v. CORTEZ CIGAR CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 15, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan MacDougald and Harllee Branch, Jr., both of Atlanta, Ga., and Anton P. Wright, of Savannah, Ga., for appellants.

A. R. Lawton, Jr., of Savannah, Ga., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellees brought these suits in a Georgia state court on policies of insurance written in Florida on Florida property. Each suit, alleging total loss of the property insured, was for the full amount of the policy. In each suit the claim was that the laws of Florida governed the contract of insurance; that by these laws it is provided in substance: (a) That the insurable value of the building is to be fixed by the agent and written in the...

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