Legal Opinion
Pearce v. National Life & Accident Ins.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 31, 1930No. 3733PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOdom, J.
On February 1, 1929, the National Life & Accident Insurance Company, of Nashville, Tenn., issued its usual policy of insurance on the life of James Collin Pearce for $2,000, in which Mrs. Emma Jane Pearce, mother of the insured, was named beneficiary. The provisions of the policy pertinent to the issues involved in this suit are as follows:
“(1) Beneficiary. — Emma Jane Pearce, mother of said employee. If there be no beneficiary living at the death of said employee the amount of insurance shall be paid to the executors, administrators or assigns of said employee.
“(2) (The beneficiary may be…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Succession of Le BlancSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Succession of A. Constant HearingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1874
- Douglass v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- New York Life Ins. v. MurtaghSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Dorsett v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Travelers Insurance Company v. JohnsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1975
- Succession of RockvoanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Taormina v. National Hospital Service Ass'nLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
- TEACHERS'RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF LOUISIANA v. VialLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- Manuel v. Peoples Industrial Life Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
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