Legal Opinion
First National Bank of Lafayette v. Stovall
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 3, 1961No. 63PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JANVIER, Judge.
This is a controversy over the question of whether a fund of $15,000, deposited by certain libelees as a step towards the possible settlement of an admiralty proceeding, belongs to Ralph Stovall, the owner of the vessel known as Quarterboat Rex, which was lost in a maritime disaster and from which the libel proceeding resulted.
On December 21, 1956, Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company issued to Ralph Eugene Stovall its “hull” policy in the sum of $30,000. This policy covered the Quar-terboat in question, which was then in the State of Texas and which, according to the policy, was…
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