Woodmen of the World v. Alexander
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Camp County; 'C. E. Bryson, Special Judge. Suit by Cora Alexander against the Woodmen of the World. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Camp County; 'C. E. Bryson, Special Judge. Suit by Cora Alexander against the Woodmen of the World. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The suit was by appellee, the beneficiary named in a certificate or policy issued by appellant (a fraternal benefit society) to her husband, M. D. Alexander, September 20, 1919. By the terms of the contract evidenced by the certificate appellant was to pay appel-lee $500 if «the insured died during the first year of his membership, $750 if he died during the second year, and $1,000 if he died after the second year; and…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
(after stating the facts-as above). [1] The district judge having declined to try the case, on the ground that he was a member of the appellant society and therefore disqualified from trying it, the parties agreed to try it before C. E. Bryson,, an attorney practicing at the Oamp county bar. Notwithstanding the agreement, appellant insists Judge Bryson was without power to try the case, and therefore that the judgment against it is invalid. The contention is based on a provision in article 1676, Vernon’s Statutes, as amended by the act of March 12, 1915 (Vernon’s Ann. Oiv. St. Supp. 191⅜.…
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