New York Life Ins. v. Dorsett
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Suit by the New York Life Insurance Company against Mrs. Sallie Dorsett and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
[1] In this proceeding, the plaintiff, recognizing its liability on two life insurance policies which it had issued on the life of J. Leer Lacombe, the ownership of which policies was in contest between the succession of Lacombe and the American Bank & Trust Company of Eunice, deposited the proceeds of said policies in the registry of the district court for the parish of St. Landry, cited the claimants of said policies to litigate their rights therein, and prayed “that the deposit of said fund be accepted and declarecl to be a complete discharge of its liability in the premises.” In other…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dorsett v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
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