Cole v. Mutual Life Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by Mrs. Jessie A. Cole against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant applies for review.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The son of plaintiff insured his life in her favor in the defendant company for $1,000 on September 2, 1903. He paid five yearly premiums, but failed to pay the sixth, falling due September 2, 1908; and, the 30 days of grace within which to make the payment having passed without his having availed himself of it, the policy lapsed on October 2, 1908. Four days thereafter he made application for reinstatement, and the policy was reinstated. He died four months thereafter, on February 4, 1909, of tubercular laryngitis. This suit is upon the policy.
There is no positive proof of the cause of his…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. SwanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Reppond v. National Life Insurance Co. of AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1907
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- Rhodes v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
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- Combs v. Equitable Life Ins. Co. of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Lado v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
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