Fields v. Union Automobile Insurance

Plaintiff, in April, 1929, took out a combined fire and theft insurance policy with defendant company on a Chevrolet automobile which was stolen on or about January 14, 1930, from a garage near a boarding house in the city of Lafayette, where plaintiff was living.

Plaintiff alleges that his auto, when stolen, was worth $600, hut, due to the limitation of the 75 per cent clause of the value on the auto in the policy, he reduces his claim to the sum of $450; he also claims 25 per cent penalty for the failure of defendant to adjust the claim within the time fixed by law and $100 as attorney’s…