HEPBURN v. PENNSYLVANIA INDEMNITY CORPORATION

No. 7397.

109 F.2d 833 (1939)

HEPBURN v. PENNSYLVANIA INDEMNITY CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 29, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Ganse and Carl F. Bauersfeld, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Charles S. Baker, Benjamin L. Tepper, and Warren E. Magee, all of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellee, the insurer, sued for and obtained a declaratory judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 400, 28 U.S.C.A. § 400, to settle a dispute over the coverage of an insurance policy. The District Court's jurisdiction, which appellant questions, is clear, since it is a court of the United States.1 It is also clear that "the remedy prescribed by the Declaratory Judgment Act may furnish a convenient and appropriate...

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