Federal Life Ins. Co. v. Wright
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County ; E. B. Muse, Judge. Suit by Mrs. E. Leo Wright against the Federal. Life Insurance Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtTalbot, J.
The appellee, Mrs. E. Leo Wright, instituted this suit October 9, 1915, against the appellant, as beneficiary under a policy of insurance issued by the appellant on the life of her husband, Robert William Wright. The appellee’s husband died on July 8, 1916, from consumption or tuberculosis of the lungs. The appellant, in answer to plaintiff’s petition, denied any' liability under said policy on the ground that such policy never became effective as a contract of insurance, for the reason that Robert Wright was afflicted with said disease at the time the policy was delivered to him and was not…
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