Lambert v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Théard, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
In January, 1891, the insurance company, defend*1028ant herein, issued a policy of insurance upon the life of Louis H. Lambert for the sum of ten. thousand dollars.
By its terms this amount was made payable to said Lambert, his executors, administrators, or assigns, on the twentieth of January, 1911. But should he die before that time, then the amount was made payable to his wife, plaintiff herein, at his death.
In other words, it was a twenty-year endowment policy, of which his wife was the beneficiary in the event of his death before the lapse…
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