BENNETT v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 90-3704.

950 F.2d 1102 (1992)

Gus BENNETT, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nils R. Douglas, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael K. Fitzpatrick, Nancy Cromartie, Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, JONES, Circuit Judge, and PARKER, District Judge.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Gus Bennett, Sr. sued Allstate Insurance Company to recover under a fire insurance policy after his house was destroyed by fire. The district court entered a judgment voiding the entire policy for contents fraud. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

I.

On January 17, 1987, at approximately noon, plaintiff's home burned. The fire had five different points...

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