LAWSON v. AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE CORPORATION

No. 14937.

217 F.2d 724 (1954)

J. J. LAWSON, doing business under the name of Industrial Manufacturing Company, Appellant, v. AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Smallwood, San Antonio, Tex., for appellant.

John H. Wood, Jr., Birkhead, Beckmann, Stanard, Vance & Wood, San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.

Before BORAH, RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The question on this appeal is whether the trial court properly granted a summary judgment to the defendant, or whether there was any genuine issue of fact presented by the pleadings and the motion for summary judgment, together with supporting affidavits and exhibits.

The complaint alleged in substance as follows: Defendant issued a "comprehensive dishonesty, disappearance, and destruction" policy for a valuable consideration to the...

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