State Supreme Court / La.

Hemel v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Decided February 10, 1947. John Baptiste Fournet wrote the opinion for the court.

29 So. 2d 483 · Cited 73 times

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Williams v. Union Central Life Insurance · 291 U.S. 170
Muse v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. · 192 So. 72
Parks v. Hall · 181 So. 191

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