International Travelers' Ass'n v. Branum
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hamilton County; J. H. Arnold, Judge. Action by Anna C. Branum against the International Travelers’ Association. ' Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Findings of Fact.
JENKINS, J.
The appellant is an accident insurance company, chartered under the provisions of chapter 5, tit. 71, of the Revised Statutes. It issued a certificate to Calvin C. Branum, payable in the sum of $5,-000 to his wife, Anna C. Branum, upon receipt of satisfactory proof of the accidental death of the insured. On May 27, 1913, the insured was in a hotel in Hot Springs, Ark., and witnessed from his window a fire in a building on the opposite side of the street, in which a helpless man was accidentally burned to death, by reason of which the insured was greatly shocked…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Paul v. . Travelers' Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Healey v. Mutual Accident Ass'n of the NorthwestIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Mexican National Railway Co. v. MussetteTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Omberg v. United States Mutual Accident Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co v. GormleyTexas Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Francis v. International Travelers' Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
- Robinson v. Ætna Life Ins.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1925
- Pan American Life Insurance Company v. AndrewsTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Hoffman v. Rhoads Construction Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Sweetwater Progressive Mut. Life & Accident Ass'n v. AllisonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
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