Legal Opinion
Petty Realty Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 29, 1950No. 7530PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARDY, Judge.
This is a suit in which plaintiff seeks to recover from defendant the amount of costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, involved in defense of a suit for damages. The basis of plaintiff’s claim is that the defendant insurer was obligated under the terms of the policy of insurance to defend the original damage suit which it refused and failed to do. From a judgment of the ■District Court maintaining a plea of res adjudicata plaintiff brings this appeal.
In the damage suit, Sibley v. Petty Realty Company, Inc., La.App., 42 So.2d 701, the plaintiff, Sibley, for himself and his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Puritan Co. v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
- BOARD OF COM'RS FOR BURAS LEVEE DIST. v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- Penouilh v. AbrahamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
- Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co. v. John T. Moore Planting Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Sibley v. Petty Realty Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
3Cited by3 opinions
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