NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION v. WELLS

No. 18363.

287 F.2d 102 (1961)

NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION, Appellant, v. L. E. WELLS, Sr., V. R. Hopfe, and Ella Hopfe, and L. E. Wells, Jr., a Minor, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Jeff Crane, Jr., Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

James H. Wright, Ben G. Sewell, Miller, McClure, Lucas & Wright, Houston, Tex., for appellees, V. R. Hopfe and wife, Ella Hopfe.

Before RIVES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The problem here has to do with timeliness of transmission to an insurer of a copy of the court process when the assured is not only an additional assured under the Omnibus Clause, but is a minor as well. The District Court held the notice timely and sufficient. We agree.

Squeezing out all insignificant contradictions, the facts are neither complex nor conflicting and may be simply stated. Doing so, however, highlights the technical...

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