Legal Opinion

Travelers Protective Ass'n of America v. Jones

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 26, 1937No. 8283PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee brought this suit as beneficiary to recover $5,000 on a policy of accident insurance for the death of her husband. The case was submitted to the jury on a stipulation as to the facts. A verdict was directed in her favor, with interest and attorney’s fees. Error is assigned to that action of the court.

The material facts appearing from the record are these: Cornelius Frazier Jones was a class “A” member of the Travelers Protective Association of America, appellant, a fraternal benefit association, and the holder of an insurance certificate issued by it, under…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. EgglestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Knights of Pythias v. KalinskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Henjes v. Aetna Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  2. Highlands Insurance Company v. Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  3. ætna Ins. Co. v. RhodesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
  4. LeMaster v. USAA Life InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1996
  5. Mora v. Tower Hill Prime Insurance CompanyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

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