New York Life Ins. v. Murtagh
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish Action by the New York Life Insurance Company against William H. Murtagh, testamentary executor, and others. From judgment for defendant Miss Lulu Delery, the executor appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
On April 1, 1912, the plaintiff company issued a policy for $3,514 on the life of William H. Oncken, of New Orleans, La., in favor of Miss Lulu Delery, as beneficiary, with right of revocation. It was stipulated that the insured should have the right to designate a new beneficiary “by filing written notice thereof at the home office of the company, accompanied by the policy for suitable indorsement thereon,” and that “such change shall take effect upon the indorsement of the same on the policy by the company and not before.”
The insured died on or about May 23, 1912, and proofs of death were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Freund v. FreundIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Succession of A. Constant HearingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1874
- Dolan v. Supreme Council Catholic Mutual Benefit Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
- Stuart v. SutcliffeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
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- Douglass v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Resnek v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Rountree v. FrazeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- State Mutual Life Assurance Co. v. BessettSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1918
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