Legal Opinion

Mrs. Theone M. Halpern v. Lexington Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 19, 1983No. 83-3204PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Per curiam

The plaintiff brought this diversity action to recover under an insurance policy. After a bench trial, 1 the district court denied the plaintiff’s claim, and the plaintiff timely appealed. We affirm.

This case involves a claim under a fire insurance policy issued by the defendant, Lexington Insurance Company (“Lexington”), insuring a number of properties owned by the plaintiff, Theone Halpern. The policy explicitly' covered a building bearing municipal number 1519-21 Prytania Street. It made no mention of any property or building bearing the municipal number 1513 Terpsichore Street. Halpern…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. John H. Freeman, Jr., D/B/A Freeman Electric Gin Company v. Continental Gin CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  3. Sierra Club v. James M. Sigler, Etc., Pelican Terminal Company and Galveston Wharves, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  4. Howard L. Makofsky, Jr. v. Raymond C. Cunningham, IICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. United States v. Grayson County State Bank and Lloyd Butts, First Pentecostal Church, Etc., Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Guthrie v. J.C. Penney Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  2. Alpine State Bank v. Ohio Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  3. Robert Butler v. Ford Motor Credit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  4. Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District v. Imperial Casualty & Indemnity Co. And Granite State Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  5. Many v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1987

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