Legal Opinion

State Fire and Casualty Company, Surety v. Red Top Supermarkets, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 16, 1962No. 19281PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

JONES, Circuit Judge.

The appellee, Red Top Supermarkets, Inc., brought two libels in admiralty, one for ships stores furnished to the M/V Arvida Bay, and the other for ships stores furnished to the M/V Winding Bay. The vessels were released upon bonds of the owners upon which the name of the appellant, State Fire and Casualty Company, as surety, was affixed by Martin Katz as its attorney-in-fact. A decree for Red Top and against the vessel was entered in each of the cases. These decrees, dated February 25, 1960, and filed February 26, 1960, did not run against State Fire, and it was not named…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Frank Gunther Et Ux. And Ethel and Oscar Heath v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
  2. Wilson v. Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
  3. Republic of France & Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
  4. H. E. Smith, Jr., and Wife, Waulean H. Smith v. W. S. KincadeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  5. McAlister v. C. J. Dick Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. 21 Turtle Creek Square, Ltd. v. New York State Teachers' Retirement SystemCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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