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T & R DRAGLINE SERVICE, INC. v. CNA INS. CO.

No. 86-3198 Summary Calendar.

796 F.2d 133 (1986)

T & R DRAGLINE SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Rothschild, Gretna, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Matt J. Farley, Thomas E. O'Keefe, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

In this Louisiana diversity case, the lessor of equipment to a subcontractor on a public works project sued the subcontractor's surety to recover monies allegedly due on the lease. The district court held that the suit was barred by prescription. The question presented is whether the labor-and-material-payment bond posted by the subcontractor may contain a shorter contractual prescriptive period than the statutory period established...

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