Istrouma Mercantile Co. v. Northern Assur, Co., Limited

FOURNET, Justice.

Plaintiff' instituted two suits on fire insurance policies to recover the face value thereof; that is, $2,500 in the Northern Assurance Company of London, and $2,500 in the North River Insurance Company of New York, together with the statutory penalty of 12 per cent, and 20 per cent, attorney’s fees, with interest from judicial demand.

The defendants denied liability. The defenses in both suits are the same, except in the case of the first-named defendant, Northern Assurance Company of London, wherein the defendant set up an additional special defense peculiar to itself, that…