HANOVER INSURANCE CO. v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO.

No. 8684.

258 So.2d 571 (1972)

HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1972.

Writ Refused May 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Henson Moore and E. Leland Richardson, Dale, Owen, Richardson, Taylor & Mathews, Baton Rouge, for J. H. Jenkins Contractors, Inc. and Travelers Ins. Co.

Henry D. Salassi, Jr. and Victor Sachse, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for Samuel L. Womack, and others.

Gerald L. Walter, Jr. and Carlos G. Spaht, Kantrow, Spaht, Walter & Weaver, Baton Rouge, for Craig, Laird, Pearson & Fournet and Continental Cas. Co.

Edward W. Gray, Percy, Macmurdo & Gray, Baton Rouge, for Hartford.

Calvin E. Hardin, Jr., Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge, for Hanover.

Frank J. Gremillion, Baton Rouge, for Craig, Laird, Pearson & Fournet.

Joseph F. Keogh, City Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, for City-Parish.

Ashoton L. Stewart, Laycock & Stewart, Baton Rouge, for Plantation Pipeline Co.

John Tharp and Tom F. Phillips, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for Plantation Pipeline and Travelers Ins. Co.

Before LOTTINGER, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

Plaintiff Hanover Insurance Company brought this action to recover under its subrogation rights the amount of $7,000.00 which it paid to its insured following the destruction of the insured's house in an explosion and fire. Of the several defendants in this case, only J. H. Jenkins Contractor, Inc. and its liability insurer, The Travelers Insurance Company, were found liable and cast in judgment. These defendants appealed on the issues of liability...

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