Legal Opinion

Ketteringham v. New England Fire Ins.

District Court, W.D. Louisiana

Decided April 7, 1948No. Civ. A. No. 2191PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PORTERIE, District Judge.

The plaintiff sues the defendants, two insurance companies, on several policies of storm insurance issued by them to him. The suit is for losses for storm damage to a canning plant and to a lot of canned beans stored therein, resulting from a storm which occurred on the night of January 4-5, 1946. The suit was filed on June 6, 1947, more than one year after the loss.

The defendants have filed a plea of prescription, under a provision contained in the policies, La.Act No. .251 of 1944, reading as follows: “No suit or action on this policy for the recovery of any claim…

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Thompson v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
Riddlesbarger v. Hartford InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
Bergeron v. MansourCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1945
Lynchburg Cotton Mill Co. v. Travelers' Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1906
Turner v. Bankers Shippers Ins. Co., NyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939

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Sherwood Jewelers-Newark, Inc. v. Philadelphia National Ins.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1952