Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. Liberty Industrial Life Ins.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 10, 1936No. 1659PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTT, Judge.
On November 26, 1928, the defendant is-, sued a policy on the life of Whitman Muse, for the sum of $111 to be paid to the plaintiff as beneficiary on proof of the death of the insured. The insured died on January 19, 1935, but the plaintiff who had been paying the premiums on the policy did not know of the death of the insured when it occurred, and continued to pay the premiums until March 9, 1935, at the usual rate of 15 cents per week.
The defendant first filed a plea of prescription based on the allegation in the petition that the insured died on January 19, 1934, and that more…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Whitmeyer v. Liberty Industrial Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- Jackson v. Unity Industrial Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Washington Nat. Ins. Co. v. McLemoreLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
- Evans v. Orleans Industrial Life, Health, Accident & Burial Ben. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Broady v. Unity Industrial Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Geddes & Moss Undertaking & Embalming Co. v. First Nat. Life Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
- Geddes & Moss Undertaking & Embalming Co. v. First National Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Adam Miguez Funeral Home, Inc. v. FIRST NAT. L. INS. CO.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Hongo v. National Life & Accident Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939