UNITED STATES v. WESTCHESTER FIRE INS. CO. OF N.Y.


154 F.Supp. 827 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. WESTCHESTER FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty. for Southern District of New York, New York City, Foster Bam, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, Daniel A. Sullivan, New York City, of counsel, for defendant.


KNOX, District Judge.

This suit was begun on July 21, 1951, almost six years after the occurrence of the events on which it is founded. Defendant answered the complaint on September 5, 1951. A discontinuance was entered on December 30, 1955, and vacated on February 15, 1956. Trial was had in the following November, slightly more than eleven years after the alleged cause of action accrued.

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