GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSUR. CORP. v. VIKING AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO.

No. 12889.

193 F.2d 524 (1951)

GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSUR. CORP. Ltd. v. VIKING AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 24, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Healy & Walcom, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Boyd, Taylor & Reynolds, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, ORR, Circuit Judge, and DRIVER, District Judge.


DENMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing the complaint of the appellant, Assurance Co., suing to recover on an alleged contract of the appellee, Viking Co., to indemnify the Austin Co. against the latter's sole negligence. The court held the Viking Co. had made no such contract.

The Assurance Co. had issued a comprehensive liability policy to the Austin Co., inter alia, insuring it against its own negligence. The...

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