Legal Opinion

Toussant v. National Life & Accident Ins.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 5, 1920No. 23841PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Action by Elizabeth Toussant, widow of David Dent, against the National Life & Accident Insurance Company of Nashville, Tenn. Judgment for the plaintiff in the first city court of New Orleans, and, on defendant’s appeal to the Court of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans, there was a trial upon an agreed statement of facts, and from its modified judgment for plaintiff, defendant applied for certiorari or writ of review.

1Opinion of the Court

*979Statement of the Case.

MONROE, O. J.

It appears that plaintiff obtained judgment against defendant, in the city court, on two policies of insurance, issued by it upon the life of David Dent, her husband, the one for $65 and the other for $25, which respectively contain these provisions, to wit:

“This policy [for $65] is issued and accepted subject to the conditions set forth in this folio and the reverse side hereof, each and all of which are hereby made part of the contract. * * * The production by the company of this policy, and a receipt for the sum insured, signed by the beneficiary named in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Succession of BuddigSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
  2. In re the Estate of MosemanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
  3. Breard v. New York Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Douglass v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  2. Succession of RabouinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
  3. Succession of LannesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
  4. Sherwood v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
  5. Succession of KeuhlingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966

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