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TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY v. BENGTSON

No. 15786.

231 F.2d 263 (1956)

TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Robert W. BENGTSON, Guardian ad Litem for the Minors Dorothy and Margery Bengtson (Dorothy Bengtson and Margery Bengtson, Substituted as Parties Appellees in the Place and Stead of Robert W. Bengtson), Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. D. Cotton, Rayville, La., J. C. Theus, Monroe, La., George W. Bolton, Jr., Rayville, La., for Great American Indemnity Co. of New York.

John R. Pleasant, Shreveport, La., Herbert O'Niell, New Orleans, La., Booth, Lockard, Jack & Pleasant, Shreveport, La., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

BROWN, Circuit Judge.

William Bengtson's car, driven by him, crashed into the rear end of Avant's truck parked on a Louisiana highway during the nighttime. Bengtson's minor daughters, Dorothy and Margery, who sustained injuries brought suit against the liability insurers1 of each for recovery of damages for their personal injuries and those occasioned by the death of their mother. Verdict and judgment were for these plaintiffs against...

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