Legal Opinion · Dissent

Dugas v. American Surety Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 9, 1936No. 7961Published

1DissentSibley, Circuit Judge

I agree that this appeal ought not to be dismissed for want of parties, and that the District 'Court had dependent jurisdiction to inquire into a violation of its prior injunctive decree. I think it erred in holding that the suit of Dugas against New York Casualty Company on the state court appeal bond is any violation of that decree. The decree is that American Surety Company, by paying into court $20,000, had “complied with all its obligations under its bond dated Feb. 12, 1930, as surety for Lumbermen’s Reciprocal Association or any similar previous bond,” and “that all defendants be and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. American Surety Co. v. BrimSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
  2. Dugas v. New York Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935

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