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CARPENTER v. UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.

No. 8129.

284 F.2d 155 (1960)

Frank CARPENTER as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Greenville Paper Stock Company, Inc., Bankrupt, Appellant, v. UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED, Northern Insurance Company, American Aviation & General Insurance Company, Assurance Company of America, Home Insurance Company, Pacific Fire Insurance Company, Maryland Casualty Company, Buffalo Insurance Company, Merchants Fire Assurance Corporation, Travelers Fire Insurance Company, North River Insurance Company, Insurance Company of North America, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company and National Fire Insurance Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray R. Williams, Greenville, S. C. (J. A. Henry, Hubert E. Nolin, Greenville, S. C., and Williams & Henry, Greenville, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

Bert Cotton, New York City, and Wesley M. Walker, Greenville, S. C. (Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, Greenville, S. C., and Rein, Mound & Cotton, New York City, on brief), for appellees.

Before SOPER and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges, and STANLEY, District Judge.

BOREMAN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Trustee in Bankruptcy for the Greenville Paper Stock Company, Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Greenville," brought this action on fire insurance policies issued by the defendants to recover the amount of a fire loss sustained by Greenville in a fire occurring at its plant in Greenville, South Carolina, on January 13, 1956. The finding in favor of the defendants on their third affirmative defense of arson, by the Special Master...

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