Legal Opinion
Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Peacock Construction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1970No. 27682PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
In this multi-party donnybrook, see Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service, 5 Cir., 1969, 412 F.2d 1011, 1015, with each turning in part on the other, the surety for the subcontractor sought from the general contractor and its surety payment of the balance of the subcontract price plus interest and statutory attorney fees, and in reconvention the general contractor sought by offset or recovery damages and chargebacks for subcontractor’s breach, and the surety for the general contractor sought exoneration from its principal and contractual indemnitors. All win and lose in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Prairie State Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Pearlman v. Reliance InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Compania Anonima Venezolana De Navegacion (Venezuelan Line) v. A. J. Perez Export Company, Etc., and Tyler Refrigeration CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- English and American Ins. Co. v. Swain Groves, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
- Sullivan v. McMillanSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Continental Casualty Company and Employers Surplus Lines Insurance Company v. Canadian Universal Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Aldon Industries, Inc., Cross v. Don Myers & Associates, Inc., and Donald F. Myers and Ruth E. Myers, Individually, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Campbell v. Talladega County Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1981
- Royster Company, a Virginia Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Union Carbide Corporation, a New York Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Harris v. Supreme Plastics, Inc. (In Re Supreme Plastics, Inc.)District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
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