Johnson v. Universal Life & Accident Ins. Co.

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment denying appellant any recovery against appellee upon a life insurance policy issued to appellant’s husband, Buck Johnson, now deceased.

The first question for determination is one of jurisdiction of the trial court. The suit was instituted in the county court. The amount claimed to be due upon the policy was $114.10. Appellant sought an attorney’s fee in the amount of $100 and 12 per cent, damages as provided in Revised Statutes, art. 4736, as amended by Acts 42d Leg.1931, c. 91, § 1 (Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St. art. 4736). This article, as…