Gordon v. Mechanics' & Traders' Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Lincoln. Action by Jacob Gordon against the Mechanics’ & Traders’ Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings certiorari or writ of review to the Court of Appeal, by which the judgment had been affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholls, J.
This case was tried and decided in the lower court upon the following statement of facts:(1) That the defendant issued to plaintiff its policy of insurance on plaintiff’s stock of goods while contained in the one-story frame building with shingle roof at No. 409, block P, Sanborn’s map, in the town of Ruston, La., for the amount of $1,000 as alleged in plaintiff’s petition, which policy is herewith filed and marked “Exhibit A.”(2) That plaintiff began to place his goods in the said store building on or about the 2d day of September, 1904, and began business as soon thereafter as his goods…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Carter v. HobbsDistrict Court, D. Indiana · 1899
- Fuller v. New York Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Walradt v. Phœnix Insurance Co. of HartfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- In re BurkaDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1900
- Herman Bros. v. Katz Bros.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1898
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- In Re Press Printers & PublishersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1926
- In re M. I. Hibbler Mach. Supply Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1912
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