Sirloin Room, Inc. And King Brothers Construction Company, Inc. v. American Employers Insurance Company

In July 1959 the Sirloin Restaurant on the Airline Highway in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, was destroyed by fire. On September 20, 1963, the district court rendered judgment in favor of the owner of the building against the fire insurance companies, which are appellees here, in amounts aggregating some $170,000.00 plus interest and costs, with judgment over against Richard A. King, the operator of the restaurant business, and two other persons. The judgment over was based upon a jury’s verdict which answered interrogatories to the effect that the fire was set intentionally as the result of a…