Legal Opinion
Fellman v. Mercantile Fire & Marine Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 26, 1906No. 16,043PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Action by Anna Fellman against the-Mercantile Fire & Marine Insurance Company. Application of William A. Cooke ruled into court for contempt for writ of prohibition.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Relator complains that he-was ruled into court for contempt, alleged to consist in the writing and delivery to the counsel for the plaintiff in the above entitled suit of a communication reading as follows::
“March 7th, 1906.
“Messrs Saunders & Gurley, Attorneys— Gentlement: In the matter of Mrs. Anna Fell-man, widow, v. Mercantile Fire & Marine Insurance Company, we hand you check, in ayment of the judgment, for $595.45, plus-3.49 additional, interest. We-do this by instruction, under protest, for no amount is due- or has ever been due. By some mischance, or…
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