KNIGHTEN v. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INS. CO.

No. 43856.

116 So.2d 516 (1959)

238 La. 767

Jessie KNIGHTEN v. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Limited.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Cleburn Dalton, Baton Rouge, for appellants.

Joseph A. Gladney, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

This is one of three consolidated law-suits filed by plaintiff as the named insured to recover on separate policies of fire insurance covering three houses allegedly owned by him in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, which were destroyed and/or damaged by a fire occurring on May 27, 1954.

The main defenses of the insurers are that plaintiff either burned or caused the premises to be set afire and that he had no insurable interest in the property...

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