Legal Opinion
Gaines v. Acme Industrial Life Ins. Soc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 11, 1934No. 14663PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESTERFIELD, Judge.
Plaintiff claims $250 as the beneficiary under a policy of industrial life insurance for that amount issued in the name of her daughter. There was judgment below for $125, and defendant has appealed.
The suit is defended upon the ground that the insured, Rebecca Antoine, met her death “while practicing prostitution and as a result of a self-administered over-dose or heroin, a dangerous habit-forming drug derived from morphine, which is the narcotic principle of opium. That said narcotic came into and was in the possession of said Rebecca Antoine in violation of the laws of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dolan v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
- Cahn Wachenheim v. Fidelity Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Ayo v. HolzenthalLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Simmons v. Victory Industrial Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Grose v. Liberty Industrial Life Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Keener v. Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New YorkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Lado v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
- Coleman v. Universal Life Ins. Co. of MemphisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
- Strickland v. Southern Nat. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1946
- Lepine v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
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