Legal Opinion
Compton v. Amicable Life Ins. Co. of Waco, Tex.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 27, 1935No. 32831PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL, Chief Justice.
This suit was dismissed on a plea of prescription and an exception of no cause of action. The district judge decided that both pleas were well founded. The plaintiff has appealed.
The suit is for a disability benefit, -under a life insurance policy for $2,000, with a so-called “supplemental agreement” for the payment of $10 per month per thousand dollars of life insurance, in case of total and permanent disability of the insured by bodily injury or disease. The plaintiff claims the penalty of double indemnity, that is, an additional $20' per month, and $750 attorney’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Minnesota Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
- Thompson v. . Postal Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Adam v. . Manhattan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Boring v. Louisiana State Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Watson v. Mutual Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
3Cited by8 opinions
- Robbert v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United StatesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Weber v. H. G. Hill Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Clark v. ReedLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
- Hickman v. Pan-American Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Lemoine v. Security Indus. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
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