BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA COM'N G. E. CO. v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

No. 64-165-Civ-DD.

243 F.Supp. 118 (1965)

The BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA COMMISSION for the use and benefit of GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, doing business as General Electric Supply Company, a division of General Electric Company, Plaintiff, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant, v. UNITED BENEFIT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. Eugene C. CORNELIUS, Shirley E. Cornelius, E. C. "Red" Cornelius, Inc., a Florida corporation and E. C. "Red" Cornelius Overseas, Inc., a Florida corporation, Fourth-Party Defendants. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, a corporation, Cross-Plaintiff, v. LITTLE RIVER BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a Florida banking corporation, and John A. Volpe Construction Co., Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, Cross-Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Florida.

June 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Fischette, Fischette, Parrish & Owen, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff (Broward County, Florida Commission).

Charles F. Mills, Quarles, Mills, Magill & Lanza, South Miami, Fla., for defendant and cross-plaintiff (Continental Cas. Co.).

William T. Moore, Moore & Moore, Miami, Fla., for third-party defendant-fourth-party plaintiff (United Benefit Fire Ins. Co.).

Joe Creel, Creel, Glasgow & Sanderson, Miami, Fla., for fourth-party defendants (Eugene C. Cornelius, E. C. "Red" Cornelius, Inc., and E. C. "Red" Cornelius Overseas, Inc.).

Charles J. Bodner, Miami, Fla., for fourth-party defendant (Shirley E. Cornelius).

John L. Britton, Feibelman, Friedman, Hyman & Britton, Miami, Fla., for cross-defendant (Little River Bank & Trust Co.).

James Knight, Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder, Atkins, Carson & Wahl, Miami, Fla., for cross-defendant (John A. Volpe Construction Co., Inc.).


DYER, Chief Judge.

The use plaintiff, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, doing business as GENERAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY, a division of GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, (hereinafter called "G.E.") brought this action against CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY (hereinafter called "CONTINENTAL") under Florida Statute § 255.05 F.S.A., the pertinent provisions of which are as follows:

"Any person entering into a formal contract...

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