AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. WILLIFORD

No. 15681.

243 F.2d 494 (1957)

AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. Price B. WILLIFORD and Duren N. Sleyster, d/b/a Quick-Way Construction Company and Quick-Way Excavating Company, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack G. Beamer, Kansas City, Mo. (Tom J. Stubbs and Stubbs, McKenzie, Williams & Merrick, Kansas City, Mo., were with him on the brief), for appellant.

Sam Mandell, Kansas City, Mo. (Clancy D. Tull and Arthur C. Popham, Kansas City, Mo., were with him on the brief), for appellees.

Before JOHNSEN, VOGEL, and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from judgment determining appellant, American Surety Company of New York, was bound by an oral contract of insurance indemnifying Quick-Way Construction Company against motor vehicle liability, and that such insurance was in effect on April 19, 1955, at 4:30 P.M. when a collision occurred between one of Quick-Way's vehicles and an automobile owned and operated by Harry F. Bland. Jurisdiction, based upon diversity of...

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