Legal Opinion
Tague v. Royal Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 15, 1886No. 9571PublishedCited by 5 opinions
PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Tissot, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.
We have no jurisdiction ratione materia) over this controversy.
The plaintiff sues on five different insurance policies, to recover from each of the five defendant companies a sum less than one thousand dollars.
The companies, if bound, are liable neither jointly nor severally for the same amount.
*457The insurance was effected ¡separately on property valued at $5,000, oue-fiftli in each company.
It has been held, in similar cases, that jurisdiction did not attach. 4R. 319; 5 N. S. 87.
In the earlier case, the Court said: “ The attempt made by…
2Cited by5 opinions
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