Legal Opinion
Briley v. Union National Life Insurance
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 15, 1971No. 8282PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUCKER, Judge.
Plaintiff, Willie J. Brooks, brought this suit against the defendant, Louisiana and Southern Life Insurance Company, under its policy of insurance in the principal amount of SIX THOUSAND AND NO/100 (|6,000.00) DOLLARS issued to Dyressie Brooks McBeth on April 1, 1967. Mrs. McBeth, the insured, met her demise on September 2, 1967 as the result of six gunshot wounds from a .22 caliber revolver. The plaintiff sues in his capacity as administrator of the insured’s estate and as tutor of the four minor children of deceased.
Defendant denied liability on the policy, affirmatively…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Webster v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Bayles v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
- Young v. First National Life Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- Newdigate v. Acacia Mut. Life Ass'n.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Oubre v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1945
3Cited by3 opinions
- Rome v. Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of Tenn.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- Benoit v. SpeightLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Rayford v. New York Life InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1973