Legal Opinion
Wright v. Western and Southern Life Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 30, 1969No. 4305PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRISSOM, Chief Justice.
! Clodus B. Wright sued The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company to recover on its policy the amount payable for -loss of a foot. Under the terms of that contract the company agreed to pay $5,000.00 for loss of a foot “solely as a result of accidental bodily injury sustained or disease contracted while this policy is in force.” The Company answered that Wright did not lose his foot as the result of an accidental bodily injury sustained or disease contracted while the policy was in force; that he was shot while robbing the Brook Hollow Country Club and his conduct…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hutcherson v. Sovereign CampTexas Supreme Court · 1923
- Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n v. HudmanTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Releford v. Reserve Life Insurance CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1955
- Tix v. Employers Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
- Lancon v. Employers National Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1968
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Freeman v. Crown Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. v. Brock, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1983
- Ritchie v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Vivadean P. Wallace v. Connecticut General Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Carlyle v. Equity Benefit Life Insurance Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1976
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