HAMMOND v. NATIONAL LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO.

No. 3273.

243 So.2d 902 (1971)

Julian D. HAMMOND, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The NATIONAL LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mansour & Lauve, by Alfred A. Mansour, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stafford, Pitts & Bolen, by Richard R. Storms, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before SAVOY, HOOD and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


SAVOY, Judge.

Does a war exclusionary provision in a life insurance policy prohibit the collection of accidental death benefits (double indemnity benefits) by a beneficiary where the insured died as a result of a fire while serving in the U. S. Naval Reserve aboard an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin? This is the res nova question presented for our decision on this appeal.

The record reflects that defendant issued two separate life insurance policies...

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