Legal Opinion
Boughton v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 2, 1935No. 33234PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
This is a suit by an assured against an insurance company, to recover certain disability installments alleged to be due under the policy, on the ground that he is permanently and totally disabled.
Defendant denied liability.
There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff, as prayed for, with the exception that the penalties which are provided for in Act No. 310 of 1910 were rejected.
Defendant appealed and plaintiff did not answer the appeal.
Plaintiff owned about 700 acres of land, which consisted of woodland, pasture, and farm lands. About 450 acres were under cultivation with…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Crowe v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Metropolitan Life Ins. v. LambertMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
- Yarbrough v. Great American Indemnity Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
- Manuel v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Crawford v. Tampa Inter-Ocean S. S. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Ayres v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Rambin v. Continental Casualty CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Strauss v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Dennis v. Business Men's Assurance Company of Amer.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Scalia v. Travelers Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
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