New Orleans Real Estate Mortgage & Securities Co. v. Teutonia Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; W. B. Sommerville, Judge. Action by the New Orleans Real Estate Mortgage & Securities Company and another against the Teutonia Insurance Company of New Orleans, La., and others. From the judgment, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
The present suit is upon five fire insurance policies in as many companies, defendants in .this suit.
The disagreement between the parties is as to whether the insured building was wholly destroyed, and the defendant companies are liable in consequence for the entire amount of the policies, or was only partially destroyed, and the defendant companies are liable only for what would have been the cost of restoring the building to its former condition.
It was the Hansell building on Canal street, and the same fire destroyed the Stevens and the Dreyfous buildings on each side. The fire was fought…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Robbins v. Chicago CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Strong v. Phœnix InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Monteleone v. Royal InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
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- St. Landry Lumber Co. v. Mayor of BunkieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Palatine Insurance v. NunnMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
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