Legal Opinion

Great American Indemnity Co. v. Beverly

District Court, M.D. Georgia

Decided December 13, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 440PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOOTLE, District Judge.

A corporate surety, Great American Indemnity Company, sues Olin Lewis Beverly, its principal, on an indemnity agreement contained in the written application executed by the principal for a public official’s bond and seeks to recover loss and expenses it claims to have sustained and incurred in consequence of the bond.

The plaintiff claims three items; namely, $3,000 it paid out in settlement of a suit upon the bond, $504.63, its attorneys fees in connection with the defending and settling of said suit and $1,168.21, its attorneys fees for the prosecution of this action.…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Traders Insurance v. MannSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Brantley v. Rhodes-Haverty Furniture Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  3. Piedmont Hotel Co. v. HendersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  4. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. American Surety Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1921
  5. Fender v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. William Whirl v. C. v. (Buster) Kern and Fidelity and Deposit Company of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Andy Wallace Barnett, Robert Taylor Newman and Jack Coleman Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  3. Application of CaudillCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1960
  4. McDaniel v. Busbee (In re National Buy-Rite, Inc.)District Court, D. Georgia · 1981
  5. Melendez v. BrowneSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 1995

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