Legal Opinion
Tri-State Insurance Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1965No. 17651PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.
Appellee, the United States, brought this suit against The Baptist Golden Age Home, Capital Construction Company, Inc., and appellant, Tri-State Insurance Company, the surety of Capital under a construction contract. The injury complained of was damage to United States-land sustained when the lateral support thereto was removed by Capital in the course of excavation pursuant to performance of a building contract on adjoining land belonging to defendant Baptist.
The District Court ruled Baptist immune by reason of its charitable crasis, but ruled Capital and Tri-State…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Johnson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- National Bank of Eastern Arkansas v. General Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- United States Fidelity & Guarantee Co. v. EubanksTexas Supreme Court · 1935
- John L. Roper Lumber Co. v. LawsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
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3Cited by21 opinions
- John A. Karjala v. Johns-Manville Products CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Roy W. Williams and Carl v. IveyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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- Richmond Shopping Center, Inc. v. Wiley N. Jackson Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1979
- United States v. First National Bank in Ogallala, NebraskaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
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