Legal Opinion

Modern Order of Pr&198torians v. Davidson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 6, 1918No. 5885PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error from Coryell County Court; H. E. Bell, Judge. Action by John E. Davidson against the Modern Order of Prtetorians. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Findings of Fact.

JENKINS, J.

Plaintiff in error is a fraternal insurance association. It issued to defendant in error a certificate of insurance which provided, among other things, that for the loss of a foot it would pay him $500. He lost a foot by amputation, following an injury to same caused by tripping over a wire. Tbe application for insurance, which was signed by defendant in error, provided that his answers therein made, with reference to his health and to diseases, injuries, and accidents which he had had, should be taken as warranties, and that if any such answer was untrue the order…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jeffries v. Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Reppond v. National Life Insurance Co. of AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. LillardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Kansas Mutual Life Insurance v. PinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Kansas City Life Ins. Co. v. Black-StoneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Modern Woodmen of America v. AtchesonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. HarmonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Woodmen of World Life Ins. Co. v. DavenportCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  4. Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. TreanorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  5. National Aid Life Ass'n v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931

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