Legal Opinion
Caballero v. Home Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 15, 1860PublishedCited by 15 opinions
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Eggleston, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMerrick, C. J.
The defendant covenanted in a fire policy to make good to the plaintiffs all such loss or damage as should happen by fire to a two story brick slated store on Elizabeth Street, in Brownsville, Texas, during the period of one year.
A fire broke out in a building about one hundred and eighty or two hundred feet distant, which contained a quantity of gun-powder. In about thirty minutes, the gun-powder exploded. The explosion of the gun-powder produced such a concussion of the air and earth as to crack the walls of the building and brick arches, drive in the windows and blinds, loosen the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Waters v. Merchants' Louisville InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
3Cited by15 opinions
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- Witcher Construction Co. v. Saint Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1996
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