First Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. Bell

This is a suit in nullity which was dismissed ‘on an exception of no cause of action.

Mrs. Annie Fallow Bell, the appellee, while in the employ of the First National Life Insurance Company, the appellant, received serious personal injuries for which she brought suit. The district court awarded her $5,000, and the insurance company appealed to the Court of Appeal for the parish of Orleans.

Pending its appeal, the insurance company changed lawyers, through whom the present action of nullity was instituted. On the day the suit was filed, the insurance company ruled Mrs. Bell into the appellate…