ARGONAUT-SOUTHWEST INS. CO. v. GENERAL AMER. OIL CO.

No. 5457.

277 So.2d 737 (1973)

ARGONAUT-SOUTHWEST INSURANCE COMPANY v. GENERAL AMERICAN OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Bagley, Terriberry, Carroll, Yancy & Farrell, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

James F. Holmes, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

John V. Baus, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before REGAN, BOUTALL and SCHOTT, JJ.


REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Argonaut-Southwest Insurance Company, as subrogee of its insured, Comet Drilling Company, filed this suit to recover the sum of $170,000, representing property damage to a drilling rig which caught fire when an oil well blew-out. Named defendants were General American Oil Company of Texas, owner of the well for whom Comet had been drilling when the rig caught fire and its liability insurer, the Travelers Insurance Company.

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