Cutitto v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

JANVIER, Judge.

Defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, appeals from a judgment taxing as costs the fees of four medical experts totaling $935.

Mrs. Anna Cutitto, widow of Paul Petta, brought suit on life insurance policies issued by defendant insurance company on the life of her husband. The policies contained provisions under which double indemnity was to become due on death occurring as the result of bodily injury caused by accident. ■

Petta died as the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by Mrs. Ella Landry Si-moneaux, with whom he had been living, and the insurance company paid the…