MOREHEAD v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 26278.

406 F.2d 122 (1969)

Arthur B. MOREHEAD, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcel J. Meunier, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant.

P. A. Bienvenu, Ernest L. O'Bannon, Bienvenu & Culver, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and FULTON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

In this Louisiana diversity action the suit against defendant insurance company was for the value of a frame dwelling destroyed in Hurricane "Betsy" in 1965 and insured by the company. The policy of insurance provides that the company "shall not be liable for loss caused by, resulting from, contributed to or aggravated by * * * flood, surface water, waves, tidal water or tidal wave, overflow of streams or other bodies of water * * *."

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