Eichelberger v. B. &. T. Const. Co.

Plaintiff provoked a concursus proceeding under the provisions of Act No. 139 of 1922, and cited the B. & T. Construction Company, contractor, the Union Indemnity Company, surety on the contractor’s bond, and all lien claimants including J. C. Shepherd, doing business under the name of J. C. Shepherd & Company.

A plea of compensation and a reconventional demand were filed against Shepherd & Company by the Union Indemnity Company for certain premiums due to that company by Shepherd & Company. The Continental Bank & Trust Company then filed an intervention, and claimed an assignment from…