Centennial Mutual Life Ass'n v. Parham
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Taylor. Tried below before Hon. William Kennedy. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
In 1881 the wife of J. R. Parham applied for and obtained from the appellant corporation a policy of insurance on her own life for the benefit of her husband, and subsequently dying, the sum called for by the policy was paid to the husband.
This action was brought by appellant to recover the sum so paid, on the ground that the policy was obtained through false representations made by the insured in her application, breach of warranties contained in the policy, and fraudulent combination between the wife and husband to thus obtain the policy, as well as false statements…
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- Eagan v. Ætna Fire & Marine InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
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- Bradley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
- Pickett v. Dallas Trust & Savings BankTexas Commission of Appeals · 1930
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