Case Name: Louis Meister vs. Merchants' Mutual Insurance Co.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 169
Docket Number: No. 5788
Parties: Louis Meister vs. Merchants’ Mutual Insurance Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported cases heard and determined by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, from January 8, 1877, to April, 1880
Volume: 1
Pages: 169–169

Head Matter:
No. 5788.
Louis Meister vs. Merchants’ Mutual Insurance Co.
Fraud must be specially pleaded. Evidence of it is inadmissible under the general issue. Movables damaged by fire cannot be abandoned to the insurance company, and a recovery be had of their value before the fire. The insured is entitled to recover the difference between the value of the goods in their damaged condition, and their value when undamaged just before the fire.
Appeal from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans. Cullom, J.
Tully for Plaintiff. A. & W. Voorhies for Defendant Appellant.

Opinion:
De Blanc, J.,
delivered the opinion reversing judgment and remanding the case.