PEARL ASSURANCE CO. v. SOUTHERN WOOD PRODUCTS CO.

No. 14925.

216 F.2d 135 (1954)

PEARL ASSURANCE COMPANY, Limited, v. SOUTHERN WOOD PRODUCTS CO.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex W. Smith, Atlanta, Ga., Smith, Field, Doremus & Ringel, Atlanta, Ga., Alex W. Smith, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., of counsel, for appellant.

Thomas B. Branch, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., James A. Branch, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied December 2, 1954. See 217 F.2d 234.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Consistently the appellant has claimed not to be liable under its policy of fire insurance because of an increase of hazard after the policy was issued.1 On a former appeal, 5 Cir., 200 F.2d 898, a judgment in favor of the appellee insured was reversed on a holding that the evidence did...

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