Monteleone v. Royal Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. Evidence that the company’s adjuster made an offer to compromise the claim for insurance is admissible to show waiver of proof of loss. (Sup.
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A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. Evidence that the company’s adjuster made an offer to compromise the claim for insurance is admissible to show waiver of proof of loss. (Sup. Ot. of Pennsylvania) Dwelling House Ins. vs. Gould, 19 Atlantic Reporter, Yol. 19, pp. 793 and 795; 16 Atlantic Reporter, 22. Ligón et at. vs. Equitable Fire Insurance Company, Southwestern Reporter, Yol. 10, pp. 768 and 769. If, after the insurer has commenced to rebuild, he is interfered with by the public authorities and prevented from completing his work, or the building is…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Miller, J.
The plaintiff claims payment of ten thousand dollars, the amount of the policy of insurance issued by defendants on the plaintiff’s property, destroyed by fire, the peril insured against. The defence is that plans and specifications required by defendant as *1566part of the proof of loss were not furnished, that the risks were increased after the insurance without the consent of the insured, and a denial of the damage alleged to have heen caused by the fire.
It is in proof that proofs of loss were furnished, and there were negotiations between the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Williams v. Hartford Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1880
- Insurance Co. v. FogartySupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Workman v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1831
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