Legal Opinion
Soto v. Southern Life & Health Insurance Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided August 31, 1989No. 13-88-524-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
UTTER, Justice.
Maria C. Soto, appellant, brought suit against the Southern Life & Health Insurance Company, appellee, to collect $4,000.00 in benefits as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy which appellee issued to her now deceased husband, Jesus G. Soto. Appellee denied liability based on misrepresentations made on the application for insurance regarding Mr. Soto’s condition of health and plead the affirmative defense of misrepresentation and fraud. A jury subsequently found that Mr. Soto had represented in the application for life insurance that (1) he was in good health and…
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