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TIBBILS v. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 1722.

119 A.2d 114 (1955)

Edwin G. TIBBILS, Appellant, v. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 21, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denver H. Graham, Washington, D. C., with whom Albert E. Brault and John L. Schroeder, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

William H. Clarke, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Galiher and William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

The question before us is whether a foreign stamp collection is covered by a personal effects floater policy. The stamps were in a brief case which was lost by an air line on which plaintiff was a passenger. In this action, brought by plaintiff against his insurer, the trial court ordered a directed verdict for defendant. That ruling is here for review.

The policy in suit covered personal effects "* * * such as are usually carried by tourists...

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