POPE v. REPUBLIC UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 10742.

334 So.2d 441 (1976)

John POPE v. REPUBLIC UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1976.

Writ Refused October 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John N. Gallaspy and Michael J. Paduda, Jr., Bogalusa and Carey Guglielmo and George Mathews, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

France W. Watts, III, Franklinton, for Pope.

Before ELLIS, BLANCHE and LOTTINGER, JJ.


ELLIS, Judge.

This is a suit by John Pope to recover from Republic Underwriters Insurance Company, which insured his home against loss by fire, the amount of a loss suffered by him when his home burned on April 18, 1973. Republic denied liability on the ground that plaintiff was himself the instigator of the fire. After trial on the merits, judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff for the face amount of the policy together with penalties and attorney's fees, and...

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