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JACKSON v. HOLLOWELL

Nos. 80-3901, 80-3902.

685 F.2d 961 (1982)

Arthur JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. W. I. (Bill) HOLLOWELL, Etc., et. al., Defendants, Liberty CASH, Clifford Jennings, Charles Riddell, H. L. Roberts, Sr., K. C. Peters, Sr., and John Q. Demoville, Etc., Defendants-Appellants, v. GRANITE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Western Surety Company, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co., and New Hampshire Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellees. Thomas Perry WERNETH, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, v. Thomas D. COOK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen., P. Roger Googe, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert L. Gibbs, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., P. J. Townsend, Jr., Robert Lawson Holladay, Drew, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

T. H. Freeland, III, James L. Robertson, Oxford, Miss., Roy D. Campbell, Jr., Greenville, Miss., for Granite State, et al.

Jerome Steen, Whitman B. Johnson, III, Jackson, Miss., Pascol J. Townsend, Jr., Drew, Miss., for St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Roy D. Campbell, Jr., Greenville, Miss., Champ T. Terney, Indianola, Miss., Pascol J. Townsend, Jr., Drew, Miss., James L. Robertson, Oxford, Miss., Whitman B. Johnson, III, Jackson, Miss., for U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

Before GOLDBERG, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals present a state law question concerning the right of a surety company to seek indemnification from a bond principal for legal fees incurred by the surety company in defending a suit on the bond. This issue arises in the context of prisoners' civil rights suits brought against Mississippi state officials and against their surety companies for recovery under public official bonds. We find that the surety companies...

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