BETESH v. FIRE ASS'N OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 178, Docket 21916.

187 F.2d 526 (1951)

BETESH et al. v. FIRE ASS'N OF PHILADELPHIA.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Adams, of New York City (Ferris & Adams, of New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Martin P. Detels, of New York City (Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston and Daniel A. Sullivan, all of New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing their complaint as liquidating directors of the European Linen Importing Corporation in an action on a war risk insurance policy for goods lost during the Japanese wartime occupation of Hongkong. Federal jurisdiction was rested upon the diverse citizenship of the parties. The substantial question is whether or not the undoubted loss of the goods can be found...

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