Legal Opinion
M. R. Thomason, Contractor, a Partnership Composed of M. R. Thomason, D. B. Holt, Jr., and Others v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1957No. 16317_1PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, issued to the appellant, M. R. Thomason, a partnership, a policy of insurance by which the appellee undertook,
“* * * To pay on behalf of the Insured all sums which the Insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, caused by accident.”
The policy required the appellee to defend suits.
The appellant is a contractor. It entered into a contract with a developer to clear a tract of land in Montgomery, Alabama. This land was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Saint Paul-Mercury Indemnity Company v. Calvin T. Rutland, Doing Business as Rutland Contracting CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- C. Y. Thomason Co. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Northam v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1935
- Stone v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- White v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Trinity Universal Insurance Co. v. CowanTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- Argonaut Southwest Insurance Company v. MaupinTexas Supreme Court · 1973
- Gatx Leasing Corporation v. National Union Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- White v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1969
- Federated Mutual Insurance v. Grapevine Excavation Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
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