No. 31431. Precedential Processed

Bernier v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co.

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed January 4, 1932 · 139 So. 629

Cited by

Jackson v. Continental Cas. Co. 412 So. 2d 1364 La. 1982
Estate of Daniel v. Ford Life Insurance 270 So. 2d 175 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1972
Butler v. Vulcan Life & Accident Insurance Co. 179 So. 2d 642 La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1965
Bruno v. McCabe 71 So. 2d 245 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1954
Schreiner v. Weil Furniture Co. 68 So. 2d 149 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1953
Davis v. Unity Life Ins. Co. 43 So. 2d 67 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1949
Gordon v. Unity Life Ins. Co. 39 So. 2d 812 La. 1949
Gordon v. Unity Life Ins. Co. 30 So. 2d 880 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1947
Edwards v. Life Casualty Ins. Co. 25 So. 2d 552 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1946
Garrell v. Good Citizens Mut. Ben. Ass'n 16 So. 2d 463 La. 1943
Allison v. &198tna Life Ins. Co. 158 So. 389 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1935
Union Indemnity Co. v. F. D. Harvey & Co. 148 So. 501 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1933

Opinion text

OVERTON, J. (dissenting). ' There Was no coverage by the policy for the amount sued for, but only for an amount equal to the premiums paid, and, by no process of reasoning, should the incontestability clause be given the effect of increasing that amount to the full amount of the policy, payable where death occurs, say, in the ordinary course of things. It would be 'otherwise if the limitation were only for a fixed period, which had elapsed when death occurred, but this, I think, is not the case. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Conway, 252 N. Y. 449 , 169 N. E. 642 . I therefore dissent. ST. PAUL, X, concurs in the above.