Camden Fire Ins. Ass'n v. Fontenot

The plaintiff in this case is an insurance company which had to pay the sum of $165 for damages to an automobile which it had insured and which was damaged in an accident on September 29, 1940, which occurred on a gravel road leading from Chatagnier and connecting with the paved highway between Eunice and Opelousas. The insured automobile belonged to Taney Smith. The policy contained the usual $50 deductible clause and the total alleged damage therefore was $215. The assured received the sum of $165 in cash from the plaintiff insurance company herein and thereupon subrogated it to his right…