AMERICAN FIRE & CAS. CO. v. STEWART-SNEED-HEWES, INC.

No. 72-2797.

478 F.2d 227 (1973)

AMERICAN FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STEWART-SNEED-HEWES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Cobb, Harry R. Allen, Gulfport, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Rae Bryant, Gulfport, Miss., for Thompson & Stewart, and others.

Hollis C. Thompson, Jr., Gulfport, Miss., for Thompson.

Before COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and ESTES, District Judge.


ESTES, District Judge:

American Fire and Casualty Company, claiming that its former agent, Stewart-Sneed-Hewes, Inc. (SSH), issued an insurance policy against the instructions of American Fire, brought this suit to obtain reimbursement from SSH for a $14,694.00 payment American Fire made for a claim on that policy. The jury found for the defendant, and American Fire appeals the trial judge's denial of its motions for a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding...

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