Bunch v. Underwriter's at Lloyd's London

DIXON, Justice.

This suit arises under a policy of insurance written by defendants on the life of “Copy Cajon,” a quarter horse owned by plaintiff and used for show purposes. Judgment for plaintiff in the district court was reversed by the Court of Appeal, 331 So.2d 851 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1976), and we granted writs to examine the application of the policy exclusion against intentional slaughter.

In May of 1974 “Copy Cajon” was ill; upon an acute episode in August of 1974 the illness was diagnosed as equine infectious anemia (swamp fever). It survived the acute episode, but, since the disease is…