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Providence Washington Ins. Co. v. Levy

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 25, 1916No. 5659PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error from District Court, McLennan ' County; E. J. Clark, Judge. Action by Levy. & Rosen against the Providence Washington Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

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Error from District Court, McLennan ' County; E. J. Clark, Judge. Action by Levy. & Rosen against the Providence Washington Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. This is a companion case to ./Etna Insurance Co. v. Waco Company, 189 S. W. 315, recently decided by this court, and reference is here made to our findings of fact in that case for our findings of fact in this case, the only difference being that in the former case the policy had been assigned by Levy & Rosen, the defendants in error herein, to. the intervener, the Waco Company.

1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.

The only issue necessary to be passed upon in this case is as to the con-# stitutionality of the act of the Thirty-Third Legislature (chapter 105, page 194) which is assailed upon the ground that the same is violative of article 3, § 35, of the Constitution of this state, and which reads as follows:

“No bill * * * shall contain more than one subject which shall be expressed in its title.”

The caption of the bill referred to reads as follows:

“An act to prevent fire insurance companies from avoiding liability for loss and damage to personal property under technical and immaterial provisions of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Tadlock v. EcclesTexas Supreme Court · 1858
  2. Breen v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Giddings v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1877
  4. Adams & Wickes v. San Angelo Water Works Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Commonwealth Ins. Co. of New York v. FinegoldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Providence-Washington Ins. Co. v. LevyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1920
  2. Donald v. Heigel Lumber CompanySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1933

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