1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 263 F.2d
  5. 263 F.2d 858 (1959)
 

PHOENIX INDEMNITY CO. v. GIVENS

No. 17403.

263 F.2d 858 (1959)

PHOENIX INDEMNITY CO. and Joseph Jurisich Marine Service, Inc., Appellants, v. Marcus L. GIVENS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Montgomery, Jr., Henry O'Connor, Peter H. Beer, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

David R. Normann, Normann & Normann, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

Marcus Givens worked with his hands. He farmed, logged, and finally succeeded in getting a job as a roustabout in the Venice oil field near the mouth of the Mississippi River. He cannot read or write. Tuesday, April 26, 1955, was to have been an eventful day for him. That Tuesday he was to advance from roustabout to wireline helper and to exchange the insecurity of working in an oil field labor pool for the relative security of regular employment...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases