Legal Opinion
Foster v. Morrison
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 3, 1933No. 14246PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWesterfield, J.
This is a suit for $162.95 on a promissory note. The defense, which prevailed helow, is want of consideration. The plaintiff, Horace Foster, is an insurance agent, or, at least, he -was at the time the suit was filed, having since died. He obtained an application from the defendant, George Morrison, for a policy of life insurance for the sum of $5,000 and for the first year’s premium accepted his note for $162.95, the amount sued for. The note is dated July 22, 1930, and payable January 15,1931, to the order of H. F. Foster. On the 28th the Equitable Life Assurance Society,, plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. BabcockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Walker v. Farmers' Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Busher v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1904
- Schwartz v. Germania Life Ins.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
- National Life Ass'n v. SpeerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Harding v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
- Warren v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
- Monte-Janssen v. Continental Cas. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Warren v. New York Life Ins.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1941
- Morrison v. New Hampshire InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
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