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GEN. INS. CO. v. N.P. RY.

No. 23.

280 U.S. 72 (1929)

50 S.Ct. 44

74 L.Ed. 172

GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 25, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ralph S. Pierce presented the oral argument, and Messrs. James B. Howe, Donald G. Graham, and James B. Howe, Jr., filed a brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Dennis F. Lyons, with whom Mr. L.B. daPonte was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

The General Insurance Company of America, a Washington corporation, issued to Peter Agor, a citizen and resident of the State of Washington, two policies for $12,000 each, insuring him against loss or damage by fire to wool and sacks contained in a warehouse situated in Benton County, Washington. While the policies were in full force, the warehouse and the wool and...

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