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