Lado v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.

FOURNET, Justice.

Relator, Felix Lado, as beneficiary under a policy of industrial life insurance issued by the First National Life Insurance Company on the life of Emile Thibodeaux, instituted this suit against the company for the sum of $106.40.

The respondent denied liability on the ground that the insurance policy did not cover death resulting from venereal diseases, from which the assured died.

The trial judge sustained the defense and dismissed plaintiff’s suit. The Court of Appeal for the parish of Orleans affirmed the judgment of the city court. See 158 So. 872. The matter is now before…