Hobson v. Wise County Home Protective Ass'n
Decision Date | 07 June 1919 |
Docket Number | (No. 9127.) |
Citation | 214 S.W. 583 |
Parties | HOBSON v. WISE COUNTY HOME PROTECTIVE ASS'N. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Wise County; F. O. McKinsey, Judge.
Suit by Mrs. Virda Hobson against the Wise County Home Protective Association. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
McMurray & Gettys, of Decatur, for appellant.
R. E. Carswell, of Decatur, for appellee.
Mrs. Virda Hobson instituted this suit against the Wise County Home Protective Association No. 1, a private corporation, to recover the amount stipulated in a life insurance policy issued by the defendant upon the life of William Hobson, husband of plaintiff, and payable to her as his surviving wife at his death. From a judgment in favor of the defendant, the plaintiff has appealed.
The case was tried by the court without a jury, and the trial judge filed the following findings of fact and conclusions of law:
In her original petition plaintiff alleged that William Hobson duly paid all charges and dues that accrued upon his policy up to the date of his death, and had duly complied with all the provisions of the policy, and was a member of the defendant association in good standing at the time of his death.
In its answer the defendant specially denied that Hobson was a member of the association in good standing at the time of his death. The failure to pay assessments, which the trial judge found he did fail to pay, was specially pleaded, and by reason of such failure the defendant pleaded that the policy had lapsed and was no longer of any legal effect when Hobson died.
In reply to the answer of the defendant, plaintiff filed a supplemental petition, in which she...
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