St. Landry Wholesale Mercantile Co. v. New Hampshire Fire Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; Edward Taylor Lewis, Judge. Action by the St. Landry Wholesale Mercantile Company, Limited, against the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company of Manchester, N. H. From the judgment, both plaintiff and defendant appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
*147Statement.
MONROE, L
On December 11, 1902, defendant, in consideration of a single premium, paid, and to be paid, for the whole, issued its fire policy in an amount “not exceeding $2,500” on plaintiff’s “stock of general merchandise * * • while kept in the one-story, frame, composition roof building” situated in the town of Opelousas, and “on the above-described building,” the amount placed on the stock being $1,000 and on the building $1,500; the whole, subject to the following, among other, conditions:(1) That the entire policy should be void unless otherwise provided by agreement, indorsed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Southern Fire Insurance v. KnightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Germier v. Springfield Fire & Marine Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Goldman v. North British Mercantile InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
- Murphy v. Royal InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Lippincott v. Louisiana InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1831
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