BROOME v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO.

No. 1003.

152 So.2d 827 (1963)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert BROOME v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nestor F. Mills, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Porteous & Johnson, Benjamin C. Toledano, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before McBRIDE, REGAN and YARRUT, JJ.


YARRUT, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the City Court dismissing their suit against Defendant to recover $700.00, interest and costs.

The question is whether an insurer, not informed that the automobile it insured against collision damage had been completely destroyed in a collision long before the contract of insurance was effected, is liable to its insured for such damage. The undisputed facts are:

Plaintiffs owned a community automobile...

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