KESK, INC. v. NATIONAL UNION INDEMNITY COMPANY

Civ. A. Nos. 8149, 8188, 8224, 8197.

224 F.Supp. 766 (1963)

KESK, INC. v. The NATIONAL UNION INDEMNITY COMPANY. UNITED STATES of America for the Use and Benefit of INTERSTATE ELECTRIC COMPANY v. KESK, INC., United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, National Union Indemnity Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Mojave Electric Company, Inc. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY v. KESK, INC., United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, National Union Indemnity Company, Mojave Electric Company, Inc., Irving Sulmeyer, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Mojave Electric Company, Inc. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION v. KESK, INC., and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, NATIONAL UNION INDEMNITY COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

December 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Egan, Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, La., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for Kesk, Inc., and U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

A. Morgan Brian, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for National Union Indemnity Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa.


BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

These suits began as actions by suppliers against the principal contractor, and its surety, on a Capehart housing project, for failure of a subcontractor to pay for materials furnished and used in the project. Summary judgments were granted in favor of the original complainants in cases numbered 8149, 8188, and 8224, against the prime contractor Kesk, Inc. Cross-claims and a third party demand were filed in these three cases against...

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