Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Gibbs
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. S. J. Brooks. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
This is a suit on a policy of insurance on the1 life of Ernest E. Gibbs, deceased, prosecuted by the temporary ad ministra tor against appellant. The .trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for $500 with interest at 6 per cent per annum from May 1, 1901.
Appellant, on February 13, 1901, insured Ernest E. Gibbs in the sum of $500, and payment of the premium in advance was waived. The premium was paid in April, 1901, a short time before the death of the insured.
The first assignment of error complains of a remark made by appellees’ counsel during a preliminary discussion,…
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