Supreme Council American Legion of Honor v. Story
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Milam County. The Supreme Council prosecutes error from a judgment of the appellate court affirming a recovery against it by Story and another with judgment for statutory penalty and attorney’s fees.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
James F. Story and William A. Story instituted this suit against the Supreme Council American Legion of Honor, hereafter called Supreme Council, to recover from them the balance of $3000 claimed to be due by the council to plaintiffs below on a benefit certificate issued to D. M. Story, in which certificate James F. and William A. Story were named as beneficiaries. The case was tried before the court without a jury, aud the judge filed conclusions of fact from which we make the following condensed statement and extracts necessary to the decision of the questions…
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