17755 | 5th Cir. | Dec 30, 1959
273 F.2d 422" date_filed="1959-12-30" court="5th Cir." case_name="Essie H. Jewell v. Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co.">273 F.2d 422
Essie H. JEWELL, Appellant,
v.
GRAIN DEALERS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., Appellee.
No. 17755.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
December 30, 1959.
Milton L. LeBlanc, Jr., New Iberia, La., Morris B. Phillips, New Orleans, La., Johnson & LeBlanc, New Iberia, La., for appellant.
John P. Hammond, New Orleans, La., Richard B. Montgomery, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, La., of counsel, for appellee.
Before JONES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
In this suit under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute, the district court dismissed for want of jurisdiction the suit against Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company as its policy limit ($5,000) was not sufficient to meet the $10,000 jurisdictional requirement of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332(a) (1). As the case involved a single claim asserted against multiple defendants with the dismissal as to some leaving a suit remaining as to others, the order was interlocutory, not final, and the appeal must be dismissed. Reagan v. Traders & General Ins. Co., 5 Cir., 1958, 255 F.2d 845" date_filed="1958-06-05" court="5th Cir." case_name="Mrs. Catherine Ann Reagan and Charles H. Reagan v. Traders & General Insurance Company">255 F.2d 845; Meadows v. Greyhound Corp., 5 Cir., 1956, 235 F.2d 233" date_filed="1956-06-28" court="5th Cir." case_name="Barbara L. Meadows and Molly Thomason v. The Greyhound Corporation and Martha Maddox, as Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph Galentine, Deceased">235 F.2d 233. This does not preclude the appellant from applying to the district court for an order permitting an appeal to be taken as is authorized by 28 U.S.C.A. § 1292(b). Ex parte Deepwater Exploration Co., 5 Cir., 1958, 260 F.2d 546" date_filed="1959-01-15" court="5th Cir." case_name="Ex Parte Deepwater Exploration Company v. Andrew Weir Insurance Co.">260 F.2d 546; Ex parte Watkins, 5 Cir., 1958, 260 F.2d 548" date_filed="1958-09-26" court="5th Cir." case_name="Ex Parte Tom Watkins v. Tom Watkins">260 F.2d 548.
Appeal dismissed.