Nolan v. New Orleans Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by Eugene Nolan against the New Orleans Casualty Company. Exception of want of jurisdiction overruled, and defendant applies for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The insured, Eugene Nolan, instituted this suit in the parish of Grant on an accident policy. His residence is in New Orleans. While he was in the parish of Grant, returning from a hunting and fishing trip, in a motor ear, a gun was discharged, the contents passing through his left leg, and he had to suffer its amputation. Averring that his accident was within the terms of the accident policy, he brought suit in the parish of Grant, in which he was wounded and lost his leg, for the sum of $5,600.
Defendant filed an exception of want of jurisdiction ratione person®, as its domicile is in the…
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