Morris McGraw Wooden Ware Co. v. German Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburg, Pa.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by the Morris McGraw Wooden Ware Company, Limited, against the German Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg, Pa. Judgment for plaintiff was reversed by tbe Circuit Court of Appeal, and plaintiff applies for certiorari or writ of review. Denied, and petition dismissed.
1Opinion of the Court
BREAUX, 0. J.
The question is whether plaintiff’s stock in trade, at the time its store was destroyed by fire, on April 5, 1908, was insured for $75,000 or $67,500.
The amount of plaintiff’s loss, to wit, $61,-106.02, was adjusted satisfactorily to all parties concerned.
Plaintiff states that at the time of the fire, on the 31st day of March, 1908, the whole insurance on the stock (and prior to that date) was $75,000; that it was reduced, on March 31, 1908, or prior thereto, to $67,-500.
Defendant, on the other hand, seeks to maintain that the policies amounting to $7,-500 were never canceled,…
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