Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Universal Life & Accident Insurance
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 3, 1936No. 6583PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Judge RYAN
delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.
The Honorable Court of Civil Appeals, Eleventh District, at Eastland, certifies the following question, viz.:
“In a suit upon a life insurance policy where an attorney’s fee is claimed in plaintiff’s petition as provided for in Art. 4736, as amended in 1931, should the amount of such claimed attorney’s fee be regarded, for jurisdictional purposes, as a part of the amount in controversy in the suit?”
It appears from the accompanying statement that this suit was instituted in the County Court of Nolan County by…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Missouri State Life Insurance v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- People of Sioux County v. National Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Union Central Life Insurance v. ChowningTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Norwood v. Washington Fidelity Nat. Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1929
- Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. v. BertrandTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
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3Cited by71 opinions
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- Brannon v. Pacific Employers InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1949
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