NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION v. SEALE

No. 18121.

499 S.W.2d 753 (1973)

NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Henry L. SEALE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell M. Manning, Johnson, Guthrie, Billings & Pierce, Dallas, for appellant.

Richard B. Turbiville, Passman, Jones, Andrews, Coplin, Holley & Co., Dallas, for appellee.


GUITTARD, Justice.

Henry Seale sued National Surety Corporation on a "blanket crime policy" for loss of a coin collection missing from a safe after a burglary. The policy insures against "Loss of Money and Securities." The insurer argues that since the coins in the collection had been withdrawn from circulation and were valued as collectors' items rather than at their face amounts, the collection should not be treated as "money," but as other personal property, which...

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