Sandifer v. Louisiana Life Ins.

ELLIS, Judge.

The plaintiff was named as the beneficiary, under.a burial policy dated March 12, 1951 issued by the defendant with Helen Williams, sister of the plaintiff as the insured. On April 13, 1951 Helen Williams, the insured, died suddenly due -to congestive heart failure and upon the refusal of the insurance company to pay the $200 called for by the policy, the plaintiff instituted the present suit.

The defendant relies upon the defense of willful misrepresentation or fraud on the part of the beneficiary in obtaining the policy and particularly upon the defense based on the provision of…