Goff v. Mutual Life Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; E. W. Sutherlin, Judge. Action by Robert Goff and others against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This is a suit upon a life insurance policy for $3,000. The insured was a young man of 25, who was thought by himself and by all to be perfectly healthy. Twenty-two days after the issuance of the policy, however, he was found one morning dead in his bed; cause of death unknown, but supposed to have been acute indigestion.
In the application for the policy, made part of the policy, to the question, “What illness, diseases or accidents have you had since childhood?” he had answered, “None”; and to the question, “State every physician whom you have consulted in the past five years?” he had…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brignac v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Lopez v. McAdamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1852
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- Carruth v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
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