Legal Opinion
Finley v. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 30, 1931No. 31014PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOdom, J.
Plaintiff’s husband, Edward D. Finley, carried a $10,000 life insurance policy payable to her, in the defendant life insurance company. He died on April 30, 1929. The company refused to pay'the policy on the ground that it had expired because the insured had failed to pay the premiums, and this suit followed. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed.
This was an ordinary life policy dated December 9, 1924, but it ’ designated March 9, 1925, as the beginning of the first policy year, and the intervening period from the date of the policy to March 9, 1925, was covered by…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- McMaster v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Massachusetts Protective Ass'n v. FergusonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
- Corporation of Roman Catholic Church v. Royal InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Staats v. Biograph Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Finn v. EMPLOYERS'LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORPORATIONLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Oil Well Supply Co. v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Creole Explorations, Inc. v. Underwriters at Lloyd's, LondonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
- Coons v. Home Life Insurance Co. New YorkIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
- Garrell v. Good Citizens Mut. Ben. Ass'nSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
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