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RALSTON PURINA COMPANY v. CONE

No. 12483.

304 So.2d 735 (1974)

RALSTON PURINA COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. N. J. CONE, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees, James Walter Frazier, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell, Campbell, Marvin & Johnson by John D. Johnson and John T. Campbell, Minden, for defendant-appellant, James Walter Frazier, and defendant-appellee N. J. Cone, Jr.

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King by Sidney B. Galloway, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee Ralston Purina Co.

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley by Charles W. Salley, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees Underwriters at Lloyds and C. D. Wiley, Clerk of Court.

Before AYRES, PRICE and HALL, JJ.

HALL, Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the third party plaintiff, alleging he was damaged by the erroneous cancellation of a mortgage by the Clerk of Court and by the failure of the Clerk to list an outstanding mortgage on a mortgage certificate, may bring a direct action under LSA-R.S. 22:655 against the third party defendant insurer which issued an errors and omissions insurance policy to the Clerk. We hold the direct action is proper, and reverse...

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