UNITED STATES F. INS. CO. v. GULF STATES MARINE & MIN. CO.

No. 17320.

262 F.2d 565 (1959)

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO., Appellant, v. GULF STATES MARINE & MINING COMPANY et al., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Eikel, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Robert O. Campbell, Butler, Binion, Rice & Cook, Houston, Tex., for appellee, Gulf States Marine & Mining Co.

Edward W. Watson, Lockhart, Watson & Peterson, Galveston, Tex., for appellee, Norwich Union Fire Ins. Soc., Limited.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought as a declaratory judgment action by Gulf States Marine & Mining Company, which had been obliged to pay certain sums in satisfaction of claims arising out of the sinking of the Barge Sample and the loss onto the surrounding waters of large quantities of its crude oil cargo, against Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd., and United States Fire Insurance Co., its insurers in marine policies...

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