Legal Opinion
Manufacturers Casualty Insurance v. Martin-Lebreton Insurance Agency
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 10, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 5174PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
The defendant herein, Martin-Lebreton Insurance Agency, general insurance brokers, was the representative and agent in New Orleans of the plaintiff, Manufacturers Casualty Insurance Company. As such it executed a performance bond on application of one J. H. Geiger, under which the Manufacturers Casualty acted as surety for Geiger on a contract with the Orleans Parish School Board covering repair work at the Warren Easton High School in New Orleans. When Geiger defaulted, the insurance company took over the work and completed the contract. Alleging that its…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Succession of GilmoreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Ward v. WarfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1848
- American Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. SeymourLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Flower v. DownsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1851
- Tooke v. BurkeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
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3Cited by4 opinions
- McCurnin v. Kohlmeyer & CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1972
- Manufacturers Casualty Insurance Company v. Martin-Lebreton Insurance AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Manufacturers Casualty Insurance Company v. Martin-Lebreton Insurance AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Manufacturers Casualty Insurance Company v. Martin-Lebreton Insurance AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957