Indiana Lumbermens Mut. Ins. v. Darcental

JANVIER, Judge.

On August 13, 1951, the Buick automobile of Norwood Shapiro was stolen from a commercial parking lot in New Orleans and when it was recovered about one week later, it had- been so badly damaged that the cost of repairing it and.replacing-tires and other equipment which had been removed amounted to $809.

Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company had issued to Shapiro a policy of theft insurance under which it had agreed to indemnify him should any such loss occur and that corporation, in accordance with its obligation, paid to Shapiro the said ■ ampunt .-and, obtained from him…