Bank Sav. Life Ins. Co. v. Milan, 9197.
Decision Date | 06 December 1933 |
Docket Number | No. 9197.,9197. |
Citation | 70 S.W.2d 294 |
Parties | BANK SAV. LIFE INS. CO. v. MILAN. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Cameron County; A. M. Kent, Judge.
Action by William C. Milan against the Bank Savings Life Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Reversed, and judgment rendered for defendant.
Seabury, George & Taylor, of Brownsville, and Harry W. Frazee, of Lawrence, Kan., for appellant.
Adams & Glass, of Harlingen, for appellee.
Appellee, William C. Milan, instituted this suit against the Bank Savings Life Insurance Company, of Topeka, Kan., appellant, to recover disability benefit in the sum of $100 per month, under a policy issued by the appellant to appellee, on January 5, 1928. A trial before the judge, without a jury, resulted in a judgment for Milan, and the insurance company has perfected this appeal.
There was no controversy in the trial court as to the issuance of the insurance policy, nor as to its provisions. The policy contained, among others, the following provisions:
Appellee pleaded in his petition the above provisions and his compliance with same. Appellant's answer consists of a general demurrer and a general denial.
In compliance with the provisions of his policy, appellee executed a sworn statement on January 29, 1932, claiming total disability, and in giving full details of the cause of his disability stated that it was caused by exposure during the World War, resulting in lung trouble. If this be true it is apparent that his disability arose from causes which did not originate after his policy was issued. There was considerable correspondence between the parties. On March 3, 1932, appellant wrote to Lennox & Lennox, lawyers representing appellee at that time, and made it very clear that one of the reasons appellant was denying liability was that appellee's sworn statement disclosed the fact that his disability arose from causes which existed prior to the issuance of his policy.
Appellee never at any time withdrew, corrected, contradicted, or explained this statement before the trial of his cause. It is not contended by appellee that the provision of his policy which required him to furnish this statement showing that his disability was the result of causes originating after the issuance of the policy was invalid or void from any reason whatsoever.
Appellee does make the contention that if the proof furnished by him was defective it was the duty of the insurance company to notify him of such defect and thus give him an opportunity to...
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