AMERICAN NAT. B. & T. CO. OF CHICAGO v. CERTAIN UNDERWR., ETC.

Nos. 17803, 17804.

444 F.2d 640 (1971)

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO, a national banking association, not individually, but as Trustee under Trust No. TI-24356, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S LONDON, World Auxiliary Insurance Co., Ltd., sued as Lloyd's of London, American Home Assurance Company, Associated Indemnity Corporation, sued as Fireman's Fund, American Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees. NORTH AMERICAN LIFE & CASUALTY COMPANY and Old Republic Insurance Company, Defendants-Cross-Appellants, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO, a national banking association, not individually, but as Trustee under Trust No. TI-24356, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Sterling Mortimer, Mortimer & Hoffman, Chicago, Ill., attorneys for American National Bank & Trust Co.

C. Roy Peterson, Newell S. Boardman, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees; Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and KILEY and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied in No. 17803. June 21, 1971.

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

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