Case Name: Jessie KNIGHTEN v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1959-12-14
Citations: 238 La. 778
Docket Number: No. 43857
Parties: Jessie KNIGHTEN v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 238
Pages: 777–777

Head Matter:
116 So.2d 520
Jessie KNIGHTEN v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA.
No. 43857.
Dec. 14, 1959.
N. Cleburn Dalton, Baton Rouge, for appellants.
Joseph A. Gladney, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
McCALEB, Justice.
This is a companion suit to that of Knighten v. North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, Ltd., 238 La. 767, 116 So.2d 516, this day decided and is controlled by the decision therein.
For the reasons stated in that matter, the judgment appealed from is amended by deleting therefrom the award to plaintiff of penalties and attorneys' fees and, as thus amended, it is affirmed. Plaintiff is to pay the costs of this appeal, all other costs to be borne by defendant.