Marchesseau v. Merchants Insurance Co. of New Orleans

This suit is brought to recover $15,549, on an open policy of insu-ance against fire, on certain merchandize in a shop in New Orleans, which was consumed on the night between the 29th and 30th of September, 1838. The defendants say, they are not responsible, because the plaintiff has not sustained a loss to the amount claimed. They allege that proper preliminary proof had not been furnished, and that no inventory was ever presented *439or deposited with them. They further say, that after diligent inquiry, they are unwillingly induced to believe, and so aver, that the conflagration occurred with'…