Legal Opinion

Corporation of Roman Catholic Church v. Royal Insurance

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 27, 1925No. 25244PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] This is a suit upon a fire insurance policy, for statutory damages and for attorneys' fees.

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff for the full amount of the policy, with 12 per cent. thereon as damages and $250 as attorneys' fees, the defendant appealed.

The petition alleges that defendant issued its policy No. 631, by which it insured a two-story frame shingle-roof building, owned by plaintiff, and occupied by the Sisters of the St. Paul Institute as a day school…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Insurance Co. v. EgglestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Thompson v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  4. Washburn-Halligan Coffee Co. v. Merchants' Brick Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  5. L'Engle v. Scottish Union & National Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Florida · 1904

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Grant v. Touro InfirmarySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
  2. Lea v. Baumann Surgical Supplies Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
  3. University City, Mo. v. Home Fire & Marine Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  4. Zurich Insurance Company v. BoulerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
  5. Gitz Sash Factory, Inc. v. Union Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1926

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