Legal Opinion

Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana v. Ada Bell Brown Hughes

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 5, 1957No. 16175PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This action, originally instituted in the state court from whence it was removed to the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, was brought by Ada Bell Brown Hughes, as tutrix of the minor William Watson Hughes, Jr., to recover the sum of $3,000, plus penalty, interest and attorney fees 1 al legedly due the minor as beneficiary under the provisions of a life insurance policy issued by Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana on the life of William Watson Hughes, the minor’s father.

In this removed action, plaintiff alleged that on March 3, 1954 the insured,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Massachusetts Protective Ass'n v. FergusonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
  2. Cutitto v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
  3. De Blieux v. Travelers Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
  4. Beco v. Peoples Industrial Life InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1928
  5. Franklin v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Calcasieu-Marine National Bank of Lake Charles v. American Employers' Insurance Co., Louisiana Bank & Trust Co., Cross v. The Employers Liability Assurance Corp., CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  2. Sparkman v. Highway Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1967
  3. R & R Farm Enterprises, Inc. v. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  4. Bewley Furniture Co., Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
  5. Roberts v. P. & J. Boat Service, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1973

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