Kennedy v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by M. E. Kennedy against tbe Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
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MONROE, J.
Plaintiff, as the beneficiary, sues to recover the proceeds of a policy of insurance issued by the defendant upon the life of her husband. The defense is that the policy became void by reason of the nonpayment of the premium. There was judgment in the court a qua for plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed. The facts, as we find them from the evidence in the record, are as follows:
The policy sued on (being an “ordinary endowment fifteen-year policy” for $3,000) bears date March 27,1902, and reads, in part, as follows:
“Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, in comsideration…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sydnor v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
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