TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 12325.

260 F.Supp. 530 (1966)

TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

November 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith T. Holt, Cavanaugh, Brame, Holt & Woodley, Lake Charles, La., Ben G. Sewell, McGregor, Sewell, Junell & Riggs, Houston, Tex., for Travelers Indemnity Co.

William R. Tete, Jones, Kimball, Harper, Tete & Wetherill, Lake Charles, La., John G. Tucker, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Tex., for Greyhound Lines, Inc.

Frank M. Bean, Bean & Manning, Houston, Tex., for All Woods Limited.

Joseph D. Jamail, Jr., Cire & Jamail, W. James Kronzer, Hill, Brown, Kronzer, Abraham, Watkins & Steely, Bradley Collins, Gripp, Will & Collins, Woody & Rosen, Houston, Tex., Chappuis & Beslin, Rayne, La., Robert B. Harbison, Altus, Okl., John Gano, Houston, Tex., Hyde, Tucker, Gano, Easterling & Brown, Dallas, Tex., James Truitt Garrett, Houston, Tex., Stephenson, Thompson & Morris, Orange, Tex., C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., Norfolk, Va., J. Clem Drewett, Lake Charles, La., Bass C. Wallace, Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Houston, Tex., Stuart A. McClendon, New Orleans, La., E. Gordon Schaefer, Jr., New Orleans, La., George V. Baus, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, La., Arnold J. Gibbs, Baton Rouge, La., Asberry B. Butler, Jr., Houston, Tex., Thomas Malik, Malik & Huber, Reserve, La., Ruth Boren Bivin, Houston, Tex., James L. Babin, Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Carwile, Babin & Barsh, Eugene H. Lawes, Bass & Lawes, R. W. Farrar, Jr., Hall, Raggio & Farrar, William B. Baggett, Baggett & Hawsey, C. A. King, II, J. Fred Patin, Patin & Patin, L. Carroll Fogleman and E. M. Nichols, Lake Charles, La., Carl Waldman, Beaumont, Tex., Lloyd E. Hennigan, Jr., Lake Charles, La., Lucien Bertrand, Jr., Lafayette, La., Shell, Fleming & Davis, Pensacola, Fla., for Damage Suit Plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM RULING ON TRAVELERS PETITION IN THE NATURE OF INTERPLEADER

HUNTER, District Judge.

On August 27, 1965, a tragic highway accident occurred near Vinton, Louisiana. A Chevrolet truck collided with a Greyhound bus carrying 46 passengers. Twelve persons were killed and others were injured, some very seriously. The Truck was owned and, at the time of the accident, was being operated by All Woods, Ltd., a limited Texas partnership. Subsequently, seventeen...

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