Legal Opinion

Telotte v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 21, 1938No. 16844PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JANVIER, JUDGE.

• Gertrude Telotte,., the widow of John Lacoste, seeks to recover the proceeds of a policy of life insurance issued by the defendant company on the life of Lacoste. The policy, by its terms, is payable to the “executor or administrator of the insured,” contains a paragraph familiarly known as the “facility of payment clause,” and also a provision to the effect that “this policy constitutes the entire agreement between the company and the insured and the Holder and owner thereof. * * * Agents (which term includes also managers and assistant managers) are not authorized and. have…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. New York Life Insurance v. FletcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Sellars v. Continental Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1929
  3. Drogula v. Federal Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Maryland Casualty Co. v. AdamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Union National Bank v. Manhattan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Finch v. Baton Rouge Production Credit AssociationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  2. Conoway v. Unity Industrial Life Ins. Co. Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1940
  3. Wilmore v. Unity Industrial Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1941

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