HARDWARE MUTUAL CAS. CO. v. FLENNIKEN CONST. CO.

No. 1026.

159 So.2d 771 (1964)

HARDWARE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY and Central Mutual Insurance Company, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. FLENNIKEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Argonaut Insurance Company, Defendants and Appellees, and United Gas Corporation and Continental Casualty Company, Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plauche & Stockwell, by Oliver P. Stockwell, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants-appellees.

Patin & Patin, by J. Fred Patin, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant.

Cavanaugh, Hickman, Brame & Holt, by Frank M. Brame, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

The plaintiffs carried fire insurance on the dwelling of Mr. Hardy Ellis, which was damaged by a gas explosion and fire. Under their policies, plaintiffs paid the sum of $7,406.05 to Mr. Ellis. Then they brought this suit on a subrogation claim, alleging that the fire was caused by the combined negligence of the defendants, Flenniken Construction Company, insured by Argonaut Insurance Company, and United Gas Corporation, insured by Continental Casualty...

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