Legal Opinion
Veal v. Veterans Life Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 14, 1989No. 9666PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
Veterans Life Insurance Company declined to pay life insurance benefits under a policy it issued to Kenneth Veal because Veal failed to disclose in his application that he had been treated for high blood pressure and had been arrested for driving while intoxicated. Everett Veal, the beneficiary under the policy, sued to recover the benefits and now appeals from a summary judgment rendered by the trial court against him.
Kenneth Veal applied for a life insurance policy of $50,000.00 with Veterans Life on March 25, 1984. In the application he represented that he had…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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