Court Opinion

ID: 9831903
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 21:27:54.281291+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:39.111833
License: Public Domain

On Appellee Jetton’s Motion for Rehearing.
Appellee Jetton, in his motion for rehearing, states that this court “erred in holding and finding as a fact that appellee Jetton made appellee Commercial Standard Insurance Company a party defendant in this suit, in that, said finding is contrary to the record in this cause.”
To acquit this court of the above charge of inaccuracy, we think the following state*544ment from the record sufficient: On December 7,. 1928, appellee Jetton filed his second amended original petition making appellee Commercial Standard Insurance Company a party defendant to the cause of action theretofore alleged by him against appellant, the prayer to said amended petition being in part as follows: “Premises considered, plaintiffs pray (the defendant, Federal Surety Company, filed its answer herein)- that citation issue in terms of law for the defendant, Commercial Standard Insurance Company, that it be required to file its answer herein and upon final trial hereof plaintiffs have judgment against the defendants, Federal Surety Company and Commercial Standard' Insurance Company each, jointly and severally, etc.”
In our opinion the following statement is made: “Appellant impleaded appellee Commercial Standard Insurance Company, whereupon appellee Jetton, by amended petition, sought recovery against both appellant and appellee Commercial Standard Insurance Company, as joint insurers of the Coca Cola Bottling Company, under the Compensation Act, * * * alleged the status of the bottling company as an employer of labor and a subscriber under the Compensation Act, through policies issued by appellant and ap-pellee company, * * * the making of an award by the board on June 14, 1928, notice of appeal June 26, 1928, * * * and prayed for judgment against appellant and appel-lee company for 401 weeks’ compensation.” From this record there can be but one conclusion, viz., that appellee Jetton did make appellee Commercial Standard Insurance 'Company a party defendant to the suit as originally brought and by amendment sought to be maintained by him. The erroneous reference to appellee Federal Surety Company as the Fidelity Surety Company, in the opinion of this court, has been corrected so as to read Federal Surety Company.
The careful study given this motion has failed to reveal any reason why the disposition made of this appeal thereof should be disturbed; therefore said motion is overruled.
Overruled.