Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided February 22, 1940No. 211PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
The plaintiff entered into a life insurance contract with the defendant on August 16, 1929. In 1932 he claimed to have become totally and permanently disabled. This was recognized upon physical examination, without suit, by the defendant company in 1933. The result to the date of institution of this suit has been that the defendant company has paid plaintiff $20 per month for five years, then $30 per month for a period of twenty-five months, ending July, 1939, at which time defendant company stated that plaintiff was no longer totally and permanently disabled.
Plaintiff…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jefferson v. HackneySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Elgin v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Wright v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
- Bell v. Philadelphia Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
- MUTUAL BEN. HEALTH & ACCIDENT ASS'N v. FortenberryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commercial Casualty Ins. Co. v. FowlesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1946
- Button v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1943
- Godfrey v. Brown Paper Mill Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1943
- Mutual Life Ins. v. TempleDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1944
- Guidry v. J. Ray McDermott Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1950
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