Legal Opinion

Northwestern Life Assn. v. Findley

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 17, 1902PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from Hill. Tried below before Hon. William Poindexter.

1Opinion of the Court

TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.

Mrs. M. A. Findley and her husband brought this suit on a policy of insurance for $2000, payable to her, issued by the Northwestern Life Association on the life of Byron S. Findley, a son of appellees. On a jury trial they obtained a judgment, from which the association has appealed.

1. The policy contained a clause which reads as follows: “This policy shall not become operative so as to bind the association until the first payment is made hereon and the policy is actually delivered to the insured herein named while in good health.” The policy was issued at…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Morrison v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'n v. HarrisTexas Supreme Court · 1900

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. American Trust Co. v. Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
  2. North American Accident Ins. Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  3. Grier v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  4. National Life Insurance v. GradySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  5. American Bankers' Ins. Co. v. ThomasSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915

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