Legal Opinion
Lepine v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 14, 1938No. 16659PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JANVIER, Judge.
Mrs. Irene Lepine Gaudet, widow of Louis Gaudet, designated beneficiary in a policy of life insurance issued by the First National Life Insurance Company on the life of her said husband, seeks recovery of the face value of the policy, $279. She alleges the death of her husband and that she has made due proof thereof. The sole defense is that the insured died of a chronic disease contracted before the policy had been in effect twelve months and that, therefore, only one-half of the face value of the policy is due because of a policy stipulation, the pertinent part of which reads…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lado v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Cahn Wachenheim v. Fidelity Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Geddes & Moss Undertaking & Embalming Co. v. First Nat. Life Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
- Geddes & Moss Undertaking & Embalming Co. v. First National Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Gaines v. Acme Industrial Life Ins. Soc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
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- Strickland v. Southern Nat. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1946