THE TEXAS NO. 1

No. 9367.

112 F.2d 541 (1940)

THE TEXAS NO. 1. EGGERS v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. G. Schirmeyer, of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Chilton Bryan, of Houston, Tex., and Jos. M. Rault and Benjamin W. Yancey, both of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


McCORD, Circuit Judge.

E. Eggers, owner of the steel tank barge Texas No. 1 brought a libel against National Union Fire Insurance Company to recover on a policy of marine insurance for the foundering and loss of the barge in the Gulf of Mexico off Freeport, Texas. The court found the issues in favor of National Union Fire Insurance Company and dismissed the libel. Eggers, the libelant, has appealed.

The Texas No. 1 was 130 feet long, 20 feet wide, and her...

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