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SULLIVAN v. AMERICAN MOTORIST INS. CO.

No. 79-1939 Summary Calendar.

605 F.2d 169 (1979)

Ray J. SULLIVAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN MOTORIST INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne E. Ferrell, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Clayton H. Farnham, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, GODBOLD and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Ray J. Sullivan brought suit to recover fire insurance proceeds that his insurer had denied for his destroyed bulldozer. The district court ruled against recovery because it determined that Sullivan had started the fire. We affirm.

The fire occurred on August 3 or 4, 1976, in Mississippi. Sullivan filed a claim with American Motorist Insurance Co., which had issued a fire insurance policy on the bulldozer, for the full $23,500 value of...

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