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THOMAS v. RELIANCE INS. CO.

Nos. 78-1372, 78-1572, 78-1721 and 78-1895.

617 F.2d 122 (1980)

Kim THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RELIANCE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee. Lloyd I. SCHWARZ et al., Plaintiffs, Lloyd I. SCHWARZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RELIANCE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee. RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harvey McDONALD and Franklin Elles, Defendants-Appellants. RELIANCE INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morris D. JAFFE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied June 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. McCutcheon, Perryton, Tex., for Kim Thomas.

Key, Cirr, Evans & Fouts, Donald M. Hunt, Lubbock, Tex., for Reliance Ins. Co.

Diana Dowd Ulrich, Houston, Tex., James S. Hale, James Denison, Harlingen, Tex., for Lloyd I. Schwarz.

Diana Dowd Ulrich, Houston, Tex., James S. Hale, Harlingen, Tex., D. F. Martinak, Victoria, Tex., James Denison, Harlingen, Tex., for Harvey McDonald and Franklin Elles.

Reese L. Harrison Jr., Denise Davis Schwartzman, San Antonio, Tex., for Morris D. Jaffe.

Before WISDOM, GOLDBERG and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Reliance Insurance Company (hereinafter referred to as "Reliance") was the surety on a statutory bond in the sum of $500,000.00, on which American Grain and Cattle, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "American") was principal. The bond was procured by American in compliance with Texas licensing requirements for public grain warehouse facilities. Texas Grain Warehouse Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5577b (Vernon) (Supp.1977) (current version...

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