UTAH HOME FIRE INS. CO. v. MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT CO.

No. 16277.

242 F.2d 513 (1957)

UTAH HOME FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Stone, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for appellant. Brunswick G. Deutsch, Cornelius G. Van Dalen, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Geo. B. Matthews, Selim B. Lemle, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a final decree in admiralty holding that appellee was entitled to recover the face amount of a policy of marine insurance on the Motor Vessel Tuna Fish.

The uncontroverted facts which give rise to the present controversy are these: On March 26, 1954, appellant, Utah Home Fire Insurance Company, issued to libellant, Richard M. Jones, owner of the Tuna Fish, its policy of hull insurance insuring the vessel...

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