Legal Opinion
Long v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 29, 1935No. 16085PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WESTERFIELD, Judge.
Miss Rose Long, the beneficiary of a policy of industrial life insurance, brought this suit against the insurer, claiming the face value of the policy, $240. The defense is that the insured, Walter Long, died of “general paralysis of the insane,” which is especially exempted from coverage in the original policy under a clause reading as follows:- “ ⅜ * * Benefits will not be paid at any time for death resulting from violation of law, immorality, alcoholism, venereal diseases or insanity. * s •* ”
The original policy was not produced, and an alleged duplicate, which is in…
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- Atlantic Life Ins. v. PharrCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
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