COAL OPERATORS GAS. CO. v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO.

No. 40953.

66 So.2d 852 (1953)

223 La. 794

COAL OPERATORS CAS. CO. v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gravel & Downs, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ben C. Dawkins, Jr., Blanchard, Goldstein, Walker & O'Quin, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.


MOISE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Coal Operators Casualty Company, the workmen's compensation insurer of Charles O. Maddox, a subcontractor, is seeking indemnity from the defendants, Wheless Drilling Company, the principal contractor, and its insurer, Fidelity & Casualty Company, for compensation paid to H. N. Ferguson, an employee of the subcontractor, who was seriously injured while in the course and scope of his employment.

Wheless Drilling Company, defendant...

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