ELY, Circuit Judge:
This action arose in a California state court from which it was removed to the District Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1441 (a). The suit was based on a policy of fire insurance written by appellant Royal on a convent formerly occupied by the appellee Sisters. The building was destroyed by fire, the Sisters won a $174,000 judgment, and Royal appeals. We reverse.
The building was constructed in 1877 and burned eighty-nine years later, on June...
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