Washington Life Insurance v. Berwald
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Dallas County. Bosa Berwald sued the insurance company and had judgment against it. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BBOWH, Associate Justice.
On the 21st day of Hovember, 1898, the Washington Life Insurance Company issued and delivered to Louis Berwald a policy of insurance upon his life in the sum of $2000, payable to Rosa Berwald, his wife, conditioned upon the annual payment of $60.70 as premium thereon for twenty years, or until the death of the insured if it should occur before the expiration of twenty years. Among other provisions, the application for the policy, which was made a part of the contract, contained this provision: “That the policy now applied for shall be in the form in use by the…
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