Nora v. Unity Life Ins.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““It is true that this pronouncement has been the subject of some variation as to application, dependent, however, upon the facts involved. For example, in New York Life Ins. Co. v. Murtagh, 137 La. 760 , 69 So. 165 , the court concluded that the defense of lack of insurable interest was without merit in view of the fact that the decedent had insured his own life and paid the premiums. The case of Washington v. Victory Industrial Life Ins. Company of Louisiana, La. App., 146 So. 766, sustained the defense because the plaintiff had procured the policy, named herself as beneficiary and paid the premiums thereon, and this conclusion was justified by failure of plaintiff to establish the contention that these acts had been performed with the consent, aid and assistance of the insured. Careful reading of the case of Evans v. Independent Nat. Life Ins. Co., Inc., La.App., 148 So. 264, 265 , convinces us that the pronouncement of the court does not justify the great reliance which is placed in this holding by learned counsel for defendant, for the facts in that case were that the plaintiff beneficiary had ‘caused the policy to be issued upon the life of the deceased, named himself as beneficiary, and paid the premiums thereon.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 107 So. 2d 818 - Kelmell v. Atlas Life Insurance

2. ““ ‘There is nothing in the law of (or) public policy which would prevent an insured from taking out a life insurance policy and designating a stranger as the beneficiary, and, upon his inability to pay the premiums, permitting the beneficiary to pay them.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 107 So. 2d 818 - Kelmell v. Atlas Life Insurance