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McGOWEN v. ST. PAUL GUARDIAN INS. CO.

No. 82-269.

422 So.2d 637 (1982)

Wanda Lyles McGOWEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ST. PAUL GUARDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied January 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Skye, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Provosty, Sadler & deLaunay, LeDoux Provosty, Jr., and Mary Virginia Brown, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before FORET, CUTRER and STOKER, JJ.

FORET, Judge.

This matter arises out of the theft of a pair of elephant tusks from the home of Wanda Lyles McGowen, plaintiff herein. The tusks stood 7½ feet tall and had a combined total weight of 196 pounds (one weighing 101 pounds and the other weighing 95 pounds). There is little doubt from the record that these tusks were appropriately designated as being in the "trophy" class.

Mrs. McGowen was insured against risk of loss via theft by the St. Paul...

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