Legal Opinion
Cutitto v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 25, 1936No. 33689PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAND, Justice.
On the night of December 24, 1932, at or about 10 o’clock, Paul Petta was shot and killed at his residence, No. 2510 Frenchmen street, in the city of New Orleans, by Mrs. Ella Landry Simoneaux.
Plaintiff, Mrs. Anna Cutitto, the surviving widow of deceased, was made beneficiary in two policies of insurance on his life, each for the sum of $5,000, issued to him by defendant company.
After collecting and receiving the amount of insurance provided for in each of these policies, plaintiff seeks in the present suit to recover, in addition thereto, the further sum of $10,000, provided…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Meadows v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Jenkin v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1900
- Konrad v. Union Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
- Martin v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
- Buckley v. Massachusetts Bonding & InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1920
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3Cited by15 opinions
- West v. City of Ville PlatteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Cutitto v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
- Willis v. WillisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Rachal v. Union National Life Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Haynes v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
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