Legal Opinion
Meadows & Walker Drilling Co. v. Pacific Employers Indemnity Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 9, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 69-H-467PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Meadows & Walker Drilling Company (Meadows), has sued Pacific Employers Indemnity Company (Pacific), contending that the latter is obligated as plaintiff’s liability insurer to satisfy a judgment had by intervenor Phillips Petroleum Company (Phillips) against plaintiff. Jurisdiction exists by reason of diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The essential facts having been stipulated, the cause has been submitted on briefs and is now ripe for disposition.
*283Meadows was engaged in the business of drilling oil wells and contracted to drill a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. F. H. Hanna and Margaret Hanna, His WifeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- ætna Ins. Co. v. Houston Oil & Transport Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
- Desrochers v. New York Casualty Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1954
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. HopperCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1950
- Goswick v. Employers Casualty CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
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