Firemans Fund Insurance Co. v. Wilburn Boat Co‪.‬

When this case was first here, Wilburn Boat Co. v. Firemans Fund Ins. Co., 5 Cir., 201 F.2d 833, 1953 A.M.C. 284, we held that federal maritime rules were applicable to the Hull policy on the Motor Yacht Wanderer. Her destruction by fire on February 25, 1949, is the subject of this protracted litigation. The Supreme Court reversed, 348 U.S. 310, 75 S. Ct. 368, 99 L. Ed. 337, 1955 A.M.C. 467, holding that the law of some state applied, and remanded the cause to the District Court for the determination of which state that would be, and whether under the laws of that state the claimed actions by the Assureds amounted to breaches or would otherwise constitute a defense under the policy.