Legal Opinion
Figgins v. Life Casualty Ins. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 27, 1933No. 14540PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESTERFIELD, Judge.
This is a suit by a policyholder against an industrial life insurance company for tne return of premiums amounting to $182.42 paid under a policy of life insurance and sick benefit upon the ground that no valid contract of insurance was executed. There was judgment below dismissing the suit, and plaintiff has appealed.
Baptiste. Figgins, a 45 year old negro, on the 24th of October, 1921, obtained a policy in, the defendant company on a printed form in which “$500.00” had been typewritten in ■the appropriate place in figures as representing the amount of life-insurance to be…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- St. Landry Wholesale Mercantile Co. v. New Hampshire Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- E. O. Stanard Milling Co. v. FlowerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- Elam v. CarruthSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1847
- Holtzman v. MillaudonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1866
3Cited by2 opinions
- Smith v. Washington Nat. Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
- Dominique v. Washington Nat. Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1936