Legal Opinion
Carrizales v. W. O. W. Life Ins. Soc.
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided January 13, 1943No. 2442 — 7988PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, Commissioner.
Petitioner, Juan Carrizales, sued respondent, Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, a fraternal benefit society, on a life insurance policy. A trial court judgment for petitioner was reversed and rendered by the Court of Civil Appeals at San Antonio. 159 S.W.2d 536.
Angel Puentes, the insured, was sixteen years old when he signed the policy application. Less than seven months thereafter he died.
Petitioner, beneficiary in the policy, was the head of respondent’s local camp at Beeville when the policy was issued. He was the insured’s great uncle. The policy was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ferguson v. Houston East & West Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1889
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. BrubakerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
- Kansas Mutual Life Insurance v. PinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1901
- O'Rourke v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1902
- Modern Order of Praetorians v. HollmigTexas Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Dairyland County Mutual Insurance Co. of Texas v. RomanTexas Supreme Court · 1973
- Woodmen of the World Life Ins. Soc. v. ArmstrongCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
- Arnold v. Life Ins. Co. of GeorgiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1954
- Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Insurance Department of Cleveland v. GreenTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- Knodel v. DickermanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1993
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