Hardin v. Mutual Life Ins. Co.

Plaintiff brings this suit for disability benefits under a policy of life insurance in the principal sum of $2,500 issued by the defendant company, claiming the penalty of double indemnity and attorney's fees under the provisions of Act No. 310 of 1910.

There is no dispute as to the facts, a stipulation having been filed by counsel for both parties in the court below, and the determination of the case rests upon the interpretation of the provisions of the contract of insurance bearing upon benefits in the event of total disability.

The pertinent clauses of the contract of insurance are set…