Oubre v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York

I find no fault with the views of my associates concerning the jurisprudence of Louisiana which controls in this case. I fully realize that certain doctrines are firmly established here. It is settled, for instance, that in a suit on a life insurance policy where the defense is suicide, the presumption against suicide is so strong that the burden is placed on the defendant to "exclude with reasonable certainty any hypothesis of death by any other means." Von Buelow v. Life Ins. Co. of Virginia, 9 Orleans App. 143; Wolff v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, 51 La. Ann. 1260, 1261, 26 So.…