Home Benefit Ass'n of Angelina County v. Jordan
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Angelina County ; L. D. Guinn, Judge. Action by Mrs: W. R. Jordan against the Home Benefit Association of Angelina County. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMiddlebrook, J.
This suit was brought by appellee against the appellant to recover $1,000, the maximum sum of an insurance certificate issued to W. R. Jordan by appellant, Home Benefit Association of Angelina County.
The insurance company is a mutual concern, in which the membership thereof began with $1 per member, and under its bylaws and constitution, at the death of any member, new assessment is made to meet the obligations of the company at the death of the next member. The association had, at the time of the death of Jordan, about 1,000 members. W. R. Jordan had removed from Angelina county, Tex., to…
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