Perrin v. Stuyvesant Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Catahoula; Riley J. Wilson, Judge. Action by Mrs. C. B. Perrin and husband against the Stuyvesant Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
[1, 2] This is a suit upon a fire insurance policy, and the defenses are, among others, that, by an express stipulation, the policy was to remain in force “only while” the house insured “was occupied by tenant as a dwelling,” and that it was not so occupied at the time of the fire, nor for some days previously but was vacant, and, moreover, had not, when occupied, been used as a dwelling but as a boarding house or hotel; and again, that, by another express stipulation, the policy should be void “if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership”; and that at the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Imperial Fire Insurance v. Coos CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- New York Life Ins. v. MurtaghSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Baker v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
- Jones & Pickett, Ltd. v. Michigan Fire & Marine Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Richard D'Aigle Co. v. Western Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
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- Lovell v. Dulac Cypress Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
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- Marine Bank & Trust Co. v. MartelLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1926
- Continental Ins. Co. v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
- France v. Firemen's Ins. Co. of Newark, N. J.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
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