Opelousas Compress Co. v. American Ins.

PORTERIE, District Judge.

These seven civil actions were filed in a local court and duly removed to this Court where they have been consolidated for the purpose of pleading and trial. The defendants, seven insurance companies, have filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the complaints fail to state claims upon which relief can be granted, based on the face of the pleadings.

Stripped of their details, the complaints— all identical in the allegation pertinent here — show that the plaintiff is the owner of a cotton compress in Opelousas, Louisiana, and that it had insured its buildings and…