FIRST NAT. BANK OF OTTAWA v. LLOYD'S OF LONDON

Nos. 7218, 7219.

116 F.2d 221 (1940)

FIRST NAT. BANK OF OTTAWA v. LLOYD'S OF LONDON. BURNS v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF OTTAWA (FRANKLIN FIRE INS. CO. OF PHILADELPHIA et al., Third Party Defendants). FIRST NAT. BANK OF OTTAWA v. BURNS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 19, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Gray, of New York City, and John C. Slade and Geo. W. Ott, both of Chicago, Ill., for Arthur Burns.

Walter H. Eckert, Tom Leeming, and Owen Rall, all of Chicago, Ill., for First Nat. Bank of Ottawa et al.

Before EVANS and KERNER, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, First National Bank of Ottawa, sued Lloyd's of London upon a policy of insurance. Lloyd's denied liability and filed a third-party complaint seeking contribution from Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia and five other insurance companies, claiming the six companies were co-insurers. The District Court, upon a trial without a jury, held against Lloyd's, denied their right to contribution...

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