STUGEST v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 1667.

170 So.2d 903 (1965)

Mrs. Camille STUGEST, Widow of Frank Stugest v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1965.

Writ Refused March 29, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meyer Sabludowsky, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Richard C. Brown, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before REGAN, YARRUT and TURNER, JJ.


YARRUT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of Defendant, dismissing Plaintiff's suit to recover $1,000.00 as beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the life of her deceased husband. The policy was issued December 1, 1963, to Plaintiff's husband, who died two months later (January 30, 1964).

Defendant denied liability because the application for the policy contained material false negative answers to the questions viz.:

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