New York Life Insurance v. English
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Fourth District, in an appeal from Dimmit County. Annie E. English sued the insurance company to recover on a life policy. Plaintiff had judgment and defendant appealed. The judgment being reformed and rendered, each party obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The application of plaintiff in error presents the same questions that were decided by this court in answer to certified questions propounded by the Court of Civil Appeals. 95 Texas, 391. In determining those questions we construed the law of New York as we understand it in the light of the decisions of the courts of that State, and we see no reason to change our conclusion .as to the proper construction of that statute. We shall therefore not further discuss the questions which have heretofore been determined. The facts will be found in the report of our former…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lumber Co. v. BuchtelSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- New York Life Insurance v. EnglishTexas Supreme Court · 1902
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- Pollack v. PollackTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
- Great Southern Life Ins. Co. v. JohnsonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1930
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- American National Ins. Co. v. BriggsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
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