Merchants' Life Ins. Co. v. Lathrop
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Taylor County Court; ■ E. M. Overshiner, Judge. ' Action by Chester H. Lathrop against the Merchants’ Life Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of Case.
HIGGINS, J.
In Í896, appellant was incorporated under the laws of Iowa as a life insurance association, to be conducted upon a mutual assessment plan. On August 31, 1907, appellee Lathrop, at the age of 47, was admitted to membership, and a certificate of membership and of insurance in the sum of §2,000, issued to him, payable to his wife, in the event of his death. The articles of incorporation and by-laws of the association were made a part of the contract. The articles of incorporation were indorsed upon the certificate, and pertinent portions thereof read:
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