Henderson v. Western Marine & Fire Insurance

The petitioners, a commercial firm, located in the town of Bayou Sara, in the parish of West Feliciana, seek to recover $551,07, which they allege to be the loss they have sustained on a lot of merchandize, insured against fire by the defendants, on the application of Morton Hoffman, their agent in New Orleans, and which was injured by fire during the term of the policy, in a store in Tchoupitoulas street. They aver that the value of the goods, before the fire, was $071,25; that, after being damaged, they were sold at auction by the order, and with the consent of the underwriters, and…