Legal Opinion
Employers Casualty Co. v. Howard P. Foley Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 27, 1946No. 11639PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Pritchard & Company had the general contract to build a large gasolene plant at an estimated cost of $14,500,000. The Contractor sublet on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis parts of the work to several sub-contractors. Among them was a sub-contract for the installation of the electrical work, estimated to cost about $100,000, the fixed fee being $7,400 in addition, let to Howard P. Foley Co., herein called the Sub-Contractor. The Sub-Contractor’s contract contained an agreement to save and hold harmless the Contractor from all suits and claims based upon alleged injury to any…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Houston & T. C. R. v. Diamond Press Brick Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1920
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Mayor of MeridianCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Cacey v. Virginian Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
- Houston & T. C. R. Co. v. Diamond Press Brick Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1920
- Northern Texas Traction Co. v. City of PolytechnicTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Batson-Cook Co. v. Industrial Steel ErectorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. PaulkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
- Fisher Construction Company v. RiggsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
- Thomas v. Atlantic Coast Line R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Sun Oil Co. v. Renshaw Well Service, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1978
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