NIAGARA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DYESS FURNITURE CO.

No. 18746.

292 F.2d 232 (1961)

NIAGARA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Great American Insurance Company and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Appellants, v. DYESS FURNITURE CO., Inc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. S. Mead, Emmett R. Cox, Birmingham, Ala., for appellant.

William G. Caffey, Mobile, Ala., Caffey, Gallalee & Caffey, Mobile Ala., of counsel for appellees.

Before RIVES, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The sole question argued in the district court or in this Court concerns the aggregation of claims to make the jurisdictional amount. Diversity of citizenship has not been questioned. The plaintiffs in the district court were two insurance companies incorporated under the laws of New York, with their principal places of business in the City of New York, and a third insurance company incorporated under the laws of California with its principal...

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