Central Glass Co. v. Hamburg-Bremen Insurance

Citations

• 10 Teiss. 301

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>In Central Glass Co. v. Niagara Ins. Co., 131 La., 513, the Court held that Act 168 of 1908 did not apply to fire insurance policies issued before the law became operative, and, if so applied, would impair the obligation of the contract by changing its stipulations. : Nothing to the contrary was decided by the XL S. Supreme Court in the case of Fraternal Mystic Circle vs. Snyder, 227 IJ. S., 497, 33 Sup. Ct., 292, 57 L. Ed., 611, under .a statute penalyzing bad faith and dishonest methods on the part of the insurance company to defeat the rights of the insured as secured by the contract of insurance.</p>