Gremillion v. Travelers Indemnity Company

HAMLIN, Justice:

This matter concerns a plea of prescription filed by defendant Travelers Indemnity Company (hereinafer referred to as Travelers) to plaintiff’s suit for damages sustained from fire loss. The trial court overruled the plea of prescription and heard the matter on the merits; it awarded plaintiff $8,000.00. The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of the trial court. Appeal was limited to the sole issue of whether the trial judge was correct in overruling the exception of prescription based upon the suit’s having been filed two years after the fire. In the exercise of our…