Legal Opinion

Mongeau v. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 10, 1911No. 18,317PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; W. B. Sommerville, Judge. Action by O. R. Mongeau against the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company of Liverpool, England. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.

Plaintiff held a policy of $2,000 in defendant’s company, covering his dwelling house, building and additions, consisting of a shingle-roof frame building, insured at $1,350; also his household and kitchen furniture, listed separately, at $200, and a soda fountain, not in use, stored on the place, for $200, and $150 on a barn, and $100 on the contents of the barn.

Nearly all of the property insured was destroyed by fire on one of the nights of April, 1909.

In January preceding, a local insurance agent called on plaintiff to insure his property, situated in Bogalousa.

This local agent was a…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Porter v. Utica Mut. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
  2. Western Nat. Ins. Co. v. MarshSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  3. Crayton v. Sentry Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
  4. Martin v. First Nat. Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  5. Western Nat. Ins. v. MarshSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912

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