American Guardian Insurance Company v. Rutledge

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed on the 10th day of November, 1964, in the District Court for the 62nd Judicial District of Hopkins County, Texas, by Lela B. Rutledge, appellee, against appellant, American Guardian Insurance Company, to recover a sum alleged to be due under a hospital and surgical expense insurance contract between appel-lee and appellant.

In the trial court, Lela B. Rutledge was plaintiff and American Guardian Insurance Company the defendant. Hereafter, the parties will be referred to as they were designated in the trial court.

After the filing of plaintiff’s…