Leehans v. AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., 17826.
Decision Date | 30 December 1959 |
Docket Number | No. 17826.,17826. |
Citation | 273 F.2d 72 |
Parties | Ben C. LEEHANS, Appellant, v. AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Inc., Appellee. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Garland R. Rolling, Metairie, La., for appellant.
Robert E. Leake, Jr., New Orleans, La., Faris, Leake & Emmett, New Orleans, La., of counsel, for appellee.
Before JONES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.
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