AMERICAN INDEM. CO. v. LEON GODCHAUX CLOTH. CO., LTD.

No. 5780.

294 So.2d 623 (1974)

AMERICAN INDEMNITY COMPANY and Chubb/Pacific Indemnity Group v. LEON GODCHAUX CLOTHING CO., LTD. and Consolidated Package Delivery, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Emile L. Turner, Jr., Emile L. Turner, Jr., and David M. Packard, New Orleans, for Federal Ins. Co., a member of Chubb/Pacific Indem. Group and American Indem. Co., plaintiffs-appellants.

Lawrence F. Babst, Jr., Bienvenu & Culver, New Orleans, for Leon Godchaux Clothing Co., Ltd. and Consolidated Package Delivery, Inc., defendants-appellees.

Before BOUTALL, J. and LEON and NOBILE, JJ. Pro Tem.


BOUTALL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment granting a limitation of liability in a contract of deposit. Mrs. Ann Preaus and Mrs. Marjorie Friedmann each owned a fur coat and each requested defendant, Leon Godchaux Clothing Co., Limited, to pick up her coat and store it for the summer. This was done as requested.

At the termination of the storage period, Godchaux hired defendant, Consolidated Package Delivery, Inc. to deliver the coats. While in the...

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