FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO. v. WILBURN BOAT CO.

No. 16945.

259 F.2d 662 (1958)

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. WILBURN BOAT COMPANY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hayes, Chicago, Ill., Joe A. Keith, Sherman, Tex., for appellant.

T.G. Schirmeyer, Houston, Tex., Alexander Gullett, Denison, Tex., Hobert Price, Dallas, Tex., Gullett & Gullett, Denison, Tex., T.G. Schirmeyer, Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

When this case was first here, Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 5 Cir., 201 F.2d 833, 1953 A.M.C. 284, we held that federal maritime rules were applicable to the Hull policy on the Motor Yacht Wanderer. Her destruction by fire on February 25, 1949, is the subject of this protracted litigation. The Supreme Court reversed, 348 U.S. 310, 75 S.Ct. 368, 99 L.Ed....

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