GUIDROZ v. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE INS. CORP.

No. 2508.

216 So.2d 377 (1968)

Meta D. GUIDROZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION, Ltd., Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Barry Mouton, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mouton, Champagne & Colomb, by Welton P. Mouton, Jr., Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGE, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for the sum of $549 representing the cost of repairs to plaintiff's home which was damaged by Hurricane Betsy in 1965. The defendant insured the premises against loss by windstorm. The district judge awarded plaintiff $44 but denied her request for penalties and attorney's fees. Plaintiff appealed.

The issue is factual, i. e., whether the needed repairs resulted from the hurricane.

The facts show that after the hurricane...

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