SCHMILL v. LAFOURCHE LIFE INS. CO.

No. 10237.

374 So.2d 188 (1979)

Marie Lirette, Wife of Percy T. SCHMILL v. LAFOURCHE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny X. Allemand, Thibodaux, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, Albert H. Hanemann, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Leon C. Vial, III, Hahnville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GULOTTA, STOULIG and BEER, JJ.


BEER, Judge.

In October, 1955, appellant, Lafourche Life Insurance Company, insured the life of David Eugene Schmill for $500.00. The policy was in force in March, 1976—over twenty years later—when he was killed in a motorcycle accident. Lafourche Life paid the face amount of the policy to Marie Lirette Schmill, the beneficiary, who, in this suit, seeks to recover an additional $500.00, alleging same to be due under the double indemnity provision of...

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