GREEN v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU LIFE INS. CO.

No. 14323.

390 So.2d 977 (1980)

Harold Lloyd GREEN, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie B. Bagley and Associates, Ltd. by Leslie B. Bagley, Mansfield, for plaintiff-appellant.

Colvin, Hunter, Brown, Plummer & Means by David B. Means, III, Mansfield, for defendant-appellee.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

As beneficiary of an insurance policy on the life of his wife, the husband appeals a judgment rejecting his demands for increased policy proceeds which were provided for accidental death of the insured. The sole issue is whether the record supports the trial court's finding that the insured committed suicide by shooting herself.

Suicide is an affirmative defense which must be proved by the insurer. CCP 1005, Webster v. New York Life...

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