Hidalgo v. Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York

Decision Date10 July 1953
Docket NumberNo. 14242.,14242.
Citation205 F.2d 834
PartiesEdgar HIDALGO, Appellant, v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Appellee.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

James G. Dubuisson, Dubuisson & Dubuisson, Opelousas, La., for appellant.

A. R. Christovich, Jr., Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for appellee.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

In this case the injury occurred in Alabama, which is the only difference between it and the case of Weingartner v. Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company, 5 Cir., 205 F. 2d 833. Therefore, upon the authority of the latter case and the Louisiana statute therein cited, the judgment appealed from, 104 F.Supp. 230, is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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