Legal Opinion

Landry v. Mutual Life Ins.

District Court, W.D. Louisiana

Decided March 10, 1944No. Civil Action No. 889PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PORTERIE, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Joseph Alcide Landry, is the holder of a life insurance policy with the defendant company, issued September 12, 1929, in the amount of $5000. On the very first page of this policy — the page in the boldest print and the page which has the skeleton of the contract and which ends with the signature of the President, of the Secretary and of the Registrar of the Company — there is found this language :

“AND

if the Insured is totally and presumably permanently disabled before age 60,

“WILL PAY

to the Insured Fifty Dollars monthly during such disability,…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Bergholm v. Peoria Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Muse v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  5. Williams v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Corbello v. SuttonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  2. Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. WilliamsDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1956
  3. Morrison v. New Hampshire InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
  4. Landry v. Mutual Life Ins.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1944
  5. Gholson v. Metropolitan Life Ins.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1950

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