Legal Opinion
Hickman v. Pan-American Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 1, 1937No. 34016PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL, Chief Justice.
The question in this case is whether, under a life insurance policy providing for a total disability benefit and requiring that proof of any such disability shall be furnished before default in the payment of a subsequent premium, a failure to give the notice before default in the payment of the premium is excusable. when insanity is the cause of the disability and of the failure to give the notice. The judge of the district court decided in favor of the insured. He is an interdict, confined in a state hospital for the insane, and is represented in this suit by his…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Bergholm v. Peoria Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Trippe v. Provident Fund SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Pfeiffer v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
- Whiteside v. North American Accident InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Ayres v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Robbert v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United StatesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Sherman v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Clesi v. National Life Accident Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Bell v. Acacia Mut. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
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