Legal Opinion

B & G Electric Company v. G. E. Bass & Company, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 1, 1958No. 16936_1PublishedCited by 35 opinions

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

  1. C. S. Grandey v. Pacific Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
  2. Gilfillan v. McKeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Dickson v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Kaiser v. Standard Oil Co. of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
  5. 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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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. E. C. Ernst, Inc. v. Manhattan Construction Company of Texas, Providence Hospital, Fairbanks-Morse, Inc., Charles H. McCauley Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  2. U.S. Industries, Inc. v. Blake Construction Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
  3. D. H. Overmyer Co. v. LoflinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. Signal Oil & Gas Co. v. Barge W-701Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  5. 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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