WASHINGTON ALUMINUM CO v. PITTMAN CONSTRUCTION CO.

No. 23864.

383 F.2d 798 (1967)

WASHINGTON ALUMINUM COMPANY, Inc. and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Appellants, v. PITTMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin R. Slater, Jr., W. Malcolm Stevenson, Malcolm L. Monroe, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants, Washington Aluminum Company, Inc. and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, William J. McCarthy, Baltimore, Md., Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Arthur C. Reuter, New Orleans, La., Reuter, Reuter & Schott, New Orleans, La., for Pittman Construction Company, Inc., appellee.

Before GEWIN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.


GEWIN, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Pittman Construction Company, Inc. (Pittman) sought to recover from Washington Aluminum Co., Inc. (Washington) and its surety, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., damages for default of contract and attorney's fees. The district court found for Pittman and awarded damages in the amount of $10,470...

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