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DUBUQUE FIRE & MARINE INS. CO. v. UNION COMPRESS & W. CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 4607-4613.

143 F.Supp. 128 (1956)

DUBUQUE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNION COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY et al. UTAH HOME FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNION COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY et al. GULF INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNION COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY et al. HOUSTON FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNION COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY et al. TRINITY UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNION COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY et al. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. UNION COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY et al. PACIFIC NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNION COMPRESS AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY et al. (Consolidated cases)

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

July 30, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Davenport, James J. Davidson, Jr., and Richard C. Meaux, Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Nehrbass, Lafayette, La., for plaintiffs.

John C. Morris, Jr., Hunt & Morris, Rayville, La., for defendants.

BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

These consolidated cases, tried without jury, are the aftermath of a disastrous fire which occurred at Delhi, Louisiana, on November 12, 1953, destroying more than 3,000 bales of cotton, worth about $450,000, and two fairly large buildings, one of which was insured jointly by plaintiffs. They contend that defendants are responsible to them for the loss they thereby sustained.

The background facts are these: About 1940...

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