Louisiana Mutual Insurance v. New Orleans Insurance

This is a suit on a contract of re-insurance. The petition alleges that on the 10th of January, 1855, the plaintiff took a fire risk for the term of three months, to the amount of $10,000, on the sugar and molasses on the plantation of Messrs. Keary fy Brothers, in the parish of Avoyelles ; that on the 19th of January, 1855, application was made to the defendant, who accepted the same, to re-insure, for the benefit of the plaintiff and to the same amount, said sugar and molasses, from the 17th of that month to the 10th of April following, on the payment of the usual premium of If per cent.;…