Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Life Casualty Ins. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 4, 1946No. 6895PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a suit by the beneficiary to collect the face amount of two policies of life insurance issued by the defendant company on the life of plaintiff's son, who died January 3, 1944, while in the service of the United States Navy.
The only point involved in this case is the interpretation of two similarly worded limitations of liability contained in the policies bearing upon the eventuality of military or naval service by the insured.
The facts, which are undisputed, show that the defendant insurer issued a policy on the life of Robert Edwards, Jr., on or about June 17, 1935, in the amount of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Johnson v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Miller v. Illinois Bankers' Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Benham v. American Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Bernier v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Barnett v. Merchants' Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Edwards v. Life Casualty Ins. Co. of Tenn.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- John T. Dempsey Public Administrator v. National Life & Accident InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
- Westenhover v. Life Casualty Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1946
- Gipson v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1946