Clarke v. Firemen's Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAR EROS! THE COMMERCIAX COURT OE SOT ORLEANS. This is an action on a policy of insurance. The plaintiff and wife allege that insurance was effected on a large quantity of furniture, in a house in the city of Lafayette, built, the lower story of brick and the second of wood; said furniture belonging to them, amounting to $1000. The defendants averred that by the policy, insurance only was effected on the property of J. Calvit Clarke, the husband, and that the furniture…
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APPEAR EROS! THE COMMERCIAX COURT OE SOT ORLEANS. This is an action on a policy of insurance. The plaintiff and wife allege that insurance was effected on a large quantity of furniture, in a house in the city of Lafayette, built, the lower story of brick and the second of wood; said furniture belonging to them, amounting to $1000. The defendants averred that by the policy, insurance only was effected on the property of J. Calvit Clarke, the husband, and that the furniture alleged to be destroyed was the property of the wife and not covered by the policy; that it was only intended to insure…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
Plaintiffs sue for the recovery of the sum of thousand dollars, which is the amount of a policy of insurance. They allege that in consequence of the loss and destruction by fire of a certain quantity of household furniture contained in their dwelling house ; which furniture was covered by the said policy, to the aforesaid amount of $1000, they are entitled to claim indemnity from the underwriters to the full amount of the policy. Defendants plead that the insurance declared on was effected only on the property of J. C. Clarke, and that the loss occurred was ,on the separate property of his…
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