Michiels v. Succession of Gladden

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The question in this case is whether the statute (Act No. 189 of 1914 as amended) which exempts the proceeds or avails of all life insurance from liability for the debts of the insured forbids an insured, who has no forced heir, and whose life insurance is payable to his executors or administrators, or his estate, to stipulate in his will that his executors shall apply the proceeds of his life insurance to the payment of his debts before paying any of the legacies provided for in the will.

The testator, in his will, directed that 40 acres of land which he owned should be…