Legal Opinion
Clark v. Lone Star Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 25, 1961No. 3827PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Justice.
Appellant is named beneficiary in a life insurance policy issued by appellee to deceased, who was killed in making a parachute jump.
The policy contained a rider termed “Exclusion of Aviation Risk” which provided: “If the insured shall die as a result, directly or indirectly, from travel or flight in or on any species of aircraft, except as a passenger (“passenger” does not include the pilot, co-pilot, stewardess, mechanic or any other member of the crew of the aircraft) * * * the liability of the company shall be limited to the total amount of premiums paid on the policy.”
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Continental Casualty Co. v. WarrenTexas Supreme Court · 1953
- General American Indemnity Company v. PepperTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Cleburne State Bank v. EzellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Ama-Gray Oil Co. v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
- City of Breckenridge v. StokerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
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