AUDUBON COIN & STAMP CO. v. ALFORD SAFE & LOCK CO.

No. 7711.

230 So.2d 278 (1969)

AUDUBON COIN & STAMP CO., Plaintiff, v. ALFORD SAFE & LOCK CO. et al., Defendant; Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CASUALTY RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE, Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

On Rehearing December 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Elton Huckabay and Calvin E. Hardin, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Robert W. Williams, Jr., and Lemuel C. Parker, Roy Maughan, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, ELLIS and BAILES, JJ.


BAILES, Judge.

This appeal is from judgment granting third party plaintiff, Alford Safe and Lock Company, Inc. (Alford), recovery of attorney fees from its liability insurer, third party defendant Casualty Reciprocal Exchange (Casualty), for failure of the insurer to defend a suit brought against its insured.

In March, 1964, a safe and a tear gas protective device was sold to Audubon by Alford. On November 7, 1965, the safe was burglarized but the tear gas...

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