Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. Martinez

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court of Harris county, sitting without a jury, whereby the appellees (as beneficiaries of their deceased son, Ebelio Martinez were awarded a recovery against the appellant (a fraternal beneficiary association, duly incorporated) of $1,370 as the double indemnity benefit of $1,000, together with statutory penalties and attorneys’ fees added for delay in payment, called for in event of accidental drowning, under a certificate of life and accident insurance it had issued to Ebelio Martinez; the learned trial court, at appellant’s…