Knights of MacCabees of the World v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harrison County; W. C. Buford, Judge. Action by A. S. Johnson against the Knights of the Maccabees of the World. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
8224 Writ of error denied by Supreme Court. On December 17, 1904, the appellant issued a policy of insurance on the life of Herman M. Johnson for the sum of $3,000, in which his father, the appellee, was named as the beneficiary. On the 14th day of April, 1910, Herman M. Johnson was run over and killed by a train on the Southern Pacific Railroad, in California. Proofs of death were made in accordance with the terms of the policy; but payment was refused, upon the ground that the death of the insured was due to suicide. Appellee recovered in the court below a judgment for the full amount of…
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