Duplechin v. Carolina Casualty Insurance Co.

Decision Date11 December 1961
Docket NumberNo. 351,351
Citation136 So.2d 281
PartiesGertrude DUPLECHIN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellees.
CourtCourt of Appeal of Louisiana — District of US

Appeal from Thirty-first Judicial District Court, Parish of Allen; Minos D. Miller, Jr., Judge.

Tate & Tate, by Paul C. Tate, Mamou, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dubuisson & Dubuisson, by W. A. Brinkhaus, Opelousas, for defendants-appellees.

Before FRUGE, CULPEPPER and HOOD, JJ.

HOOD, Judge.

This is a companion suit to the case of Manuel v. Carolina Casualty Insurance Company et al., 136 So.2d 275, which was decided by us on this date, plaintiffs in this suit being major surviving children of the decedent, Mrs. Mona Ardoin Manuel. This case, the Helen Mae Manuel suit, and two other cases, were consolidated for the purpose of trial and appeal.

All of the issues presented here were discussed and determined in the Helen Mae Manuel suit above cited. For the reasons set out in that suit, the judgment of the district court in this case is affirmed, and all costs of this appeal are assessed to plaintiffs-appellants.

Affirmed.

On Application for Rehearing

En Banc. Rehearing denied.

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  • Manuel v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co.
    • United States
    • Court of Appeal of Louisiana — District of US
    • 11 December 1961
    ...as parties-plaintiff, seeking the same types of damages. These additional suits are entitled Duplechin et al. v. Carolina Casualty Insurance Company et al., Number 351, La.App., 136 So.2d 281, and Manuel et al. v. Carolina Casualty Insurance Company et al., Number 353, La.App., 136 So.2d Wh......
  • Manuel v. Employers' Fire Ins. Co.
    • United States
    • Court of Appeal of Louisiana — District of US
    • 11 December 1961
    ...with suits entitled Manuel v. Carolina Casualty Insurance Company et al., La.App., 136 So.2d 275; Duplechin et al. v. Carolina Casualty Insurance Company et al., La.App., 136 So.2d 281; and Manuel et al. v. Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. et al., La.App., 136 So.2d 282. Judgments were rende......

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