Legal Opinion
Jones & Pickett, Ltd. v. Michigan Fire & Marine Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 14, 1913No. 19,297PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Thomas M. Burns, Judge. Action by Jones & Pickett; Limited, against the Michigan Fire & Marine Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiffs sue as the assignee of the insured under a fire insurance policy issued by the defendant company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
The policy sued upon is known as of the New York standard form, which the companies doing business in this state are required by law to adopt.
The following part of a paragraph contained in said policy is the only one submitted for consideration:
“This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto shall be void if the * * * hazard be increased by any means within the control or knowledge of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Imperial Fire Insurance v. Coos CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Power v. Ocean InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
- Lapene & Ferre v. Sun Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1853
3Cited by10 opinions
- Capital Bldg. Loan Ass'n v. Northern Ins. Co. of N.Y.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- Isaac Bell, Inc. v. Security Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- North River Insurance v. WaddellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Peterson v. Hudson InsuranceArizona Supreme Court · 1932
- Perrin v. Stuyvesant Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
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