Legal Opinion
Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Morse
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 1972No. B-3318PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Justice.
Ethel C. Morse brought this suit to collect insurance benefits due under group life policies which protected her husband, James K. Morse. The dispute is over the amount of those benefits and the effect of provisions of incontestability. The trial court held the insurance company liable for the full amount sought, and the court of civil appeals affirmed. 476 S.W.2d 753. Holding the incontestability provisions to be inapplicable, we reverse.
James K. Morse was an employee of the Red River Ordnance Depot until the time of his retirement by reason of total and permanent disability…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Simpson v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Lelia Grace Fisher v. The United States Life Insurance Company in City of New York, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Southwestern Life Ins. Co. v. HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
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3Cited by45 opinions
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