# Boudreaux v. American Insurance Company

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · June 29, 1972 · 262 La. 721

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9673601

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert BOUDREAUX Et Al. v. the AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** June 29, 1972
- **Citations:** 262 La. 721; 264 So. 2d 621; 1972 La. LEXIS 5001
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Dixon
- **Judges:** Tate, Sanders, Barham, Summers, Dixon, Hamlin
- **Cited by:** 201 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

DIXON, Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. We seem to hold that fire of an unexplained origin makes the occupant of the burned premises liable for damages to others harmed by the fire. Causes of fire are too numerous and mys *769 terious. No great policy reason exists to force this court to saddle an unfortunate fire victim with this additional liability. It is only recently that this court has approved judgments for plaintiffs in damage suits on “probabilities.”

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