Cowen v. Equitable Life Assurance Society
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. Edward Dwyer.
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES, Chief Justice.
The action is upon a policy of life insur anee for $1,000 and for the statutory penalty for the non-payment thereof and for reasonable attorneys’ fees. .
The testimony shows a policy dated December 31, 189-1, on the life of Adam Bird Cowen in the sum of $1,000 payable to Elizabeth Cowen, his wife, at the office of the society in Yew York City upon satisfactory proof of his death, “in consideration of the written and printed application for this policy which is hereby made a part of this contract and of the payment in advance of $22.10 and of the annual payment of $22.10 to…
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