Legal Opinion
Pruitt v. Great Southern Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 30, 1942No. 36630PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
The Great Southern Life Insurance Company is appealing from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Mrs. Alpha R. Pruitt, the named beneficiary in a policy issued by it on the life of plaintiff’s husband, wherein she was awarded $4,000, the $2,000 face value of the policy and the additional $2,-000 claimed under the double indemnity clause because of che accidental. death of the insured.
The sole issue presented for our decision in this case is whether or not the policy was actually delivered to and accepted by the insured within the intendment of the contract of insurance.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Shuff v. Life Casualty Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Coci v. New York Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Morford v. California Western States Life InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1941
- American Home Life Ins. Co. v. MeltonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Mutual Life Insurance v. OttoCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1927
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Martin v. Security Indus. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Mrs. Constance A. Fenasci, Cross Employers National Insurance Co., Intervenor-Appellee Cross v. Travelers Insurance Company, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Ducote v. Life Insurance Company of LouisianaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
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