B & G Electric Company v. G. E. Bass & Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Liability vel non of the appellant under an indemnity contract for a $2,-000.00 attorney’s fee incurred by the appellee is all of the present controversy that remains to be decided.
The appellant, B & G, was the electrical work subcontractor under the appel-lee, Bass, the prime contractor, for the construction of a building at Grenada, Mississippi. The case turns upon the indemnity provision of the subcontract which reads as follows:
“The Sub-contractor shall protect and indemnify said Contractor against any loss or damage suffered by any one arising through the negligence…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- C. S. Grandey v. Pacific Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Gilfillan v. McKeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Dickson v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1928
- Kaiser v. Standard Oil Co. of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- United States v. William H. Sinor, Administrator of the Estate of Clyde Sinor, Deceased, and William H. SinorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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- D. H. Overmyer Co. v. LoflinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Signal Oil & Gas Co. v. Barge W-701Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Moses-Ecco Company, Inc. v. Roscoe-Ajax Corporation, Roscoe-Ajax Corporation v. Charles DetwilerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
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