Bertrand v. Franklin Life Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District ■■Court, Parish of St. Landry; Edward Tay-Mor Lewis, Judge. Action by C. Numa Bertrand against the ' Franklin Life Insurance Company of Illinois. ..Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff ap;;peals.
1Opinion of the CourtIland, J.
Plaintiff, as administrator of the succession of his deceased wife, sued to recover the sum of $2,500, amount of a policy on the life of the deceased, made payable to ter estate.
■The defense is that the policy was forfeited ¡by the false answers of the assured made to the medical examiner in response to certain questions as to her good health and her freedom from chest or lung disease. The defendant charges that the insured died of consumption and was afflicted with that malady when she made the application for insurance.
There was judgment for the defendant company, and the plaintiff has…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brignac v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Weil v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
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- Bank of Cotton Valley v. McInnisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918