Germier v. Springfield Fire & Marine Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Iberia; T. Don Foster, Judge. Action by Elie Germier against the Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Company. Judginent for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff sues to recover for a loss said to have been sustained during the life and within the terms of a policy of fire insurance issued to him by the defendant. The answer is a general denial, coupled with an admission as to the issuance of the policy, and an averment that the same is void by reason of misrepresentation on the part of the plaintiff as to the ownership of the property. The facts, as disclosed by the evidence in the record, are as follows: In 1808 the plaintiff, who had recently arrived from France, purchased a few arpents of land near New…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Adema v. Lafayette Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
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- Thompson v. State Assur. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Security Insurance Co. of New Haven v. McAlisterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Gershon v. North River Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
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