Ratcliff v. Louisiana Industrial Life Ins. Co.

WESTERFIELD, Judge.

Peter Ratcliff died in the city of New Orleans on February 5, 1935, as a result of chronic nephritis with edema, uremia. His brother, the beneficiary named in the policy, brought this suit against the defendant, Louisiana Industrial Life Insurance Company, for $184, on a policy of industrial life insurance issued to Peter Rat-cliff on February 5, 1934. The policy sued on is called “Endowment at Age 80 Weekly Premium Policy” and calls for the payment at the end of the endowment period or prior death of the insured of $184. It contains a clause reading: “One-quarter of the…