Cunningham v. Penn Mut. Life Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Wm. Campbell, Judge. Action by Grace Hunter Cunningham against the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Pa. From a .judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Plaintiff sues upon a policy of insurance covering the life of her deceased husband. The defenses pleaded are suicide, and that deceased answered falsely certain material questions propounded in his application for insurance concerning his habits, and his having consulted physicians about his health. No serious effort was made to sustain any of these except that of the false answers to questions about consultations with doctors, and there was judgment’ for plaintiff, from which defendant prose-’ cutes this appeal.
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The policy was issued in January, and the insured died in November,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cole v. Mutual Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
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- Rogers v. Southern Fiber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
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