LUMBERMENS MUT. CAS. CO. v. CONNECTICUT FIRE INS. CO.

No. 4003.

239 So.2d 472 (1970)

LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. CONNECTICUT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1970.

Writ Refused November 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hammett, Leake & Hammett, Gordon F. Wilson, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Porteous, Toledano, Hankel & Johnson, William A. Porteous, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before REDMANN, LeSUEUR and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

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