SMOOT v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO.

Nos. 20923, 21129.

337 F.2d 223 (1964)

Harvey Thomas SMOOT, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellees. Katie Mae DONALDSON and William M. Donaldson, Appellants, v. Harvey Thomas SMOOT, Jr., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 15, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No. 20923:

Alton D. Kitchings, Savannah, Ga., for Harvey T. Smoot.

Alex A. Lawrence, James W. Head, Luhr G. C. Beckmann, Jr., Savannah, Ga., Kirk McAlpin, Atlanta, Ga., Hitch, Miller, Beckmann & Simpson, Savannah, Ga., Bouhan, Lawrence, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., for appellees.

No. 21129:

Anton F. Solms, Jr., James W. Head, Savannah, Ga., for Katie M. and W. J. Donaldson.

Kirk McAlpin, Atlanta, Ga., Alton D. Kitchings, Alex A. Lawrence, Luhr G. C. Beckmann, Jr., Savannah, Ga., for appellees.

Before BROWN and BELL, Circuit Judges and SPEARS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

By our prior decision in 1962, Smoot v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co., 5 Cir., 1962, 299 F.2d 525, we reversed and remanded the case for a trial of the Assured's claim that the Insurer was liable for the excess of the damage-claimant's judgment over the policy limits. On the eve of that trial, the Insurer, under F.R. Civ.P. 19(b), sought to bring in the Donaldsons, the damage-claimant-judgment creditors, as necessary...

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