Citizens' Mut. Aid Ass'n v. Williams

This is a suit by G. W. Williams against tbe Citizens’ Mutual Aid Association to recover upon a .benefit certificate issued by tbe latter to plaintiff’s deceased wife,, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams. Tbe defendant is a local mutual aid association, the law governing which was enacted in 1929, and appears as chapter 9 A, title 78 (articles 4875a — 1 to 4875a — 31), Vernon’s Annotated Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. The certificate was dated September 5, 1925, and therefore the contract evidenced thereby antedated the enactment of said law. Before the passage of this act, associations like the…