Norwood v. Washington Fidelity Nat. Ins. Co.
Decision Date | 03 May 1929 |
Docket Number | (No. 1837.) |
Parties | NORWOOD v. WASHINGTON FIDELITY NAT. INS. CO. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Harris County Court; Ben F. Wilson, Judge.
Action by William Norwood against the Washington Fidelity National Insurance Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Reversed and rendered in part, and reversed and remanded in part.
Sam'l Schwartz, of Houston, for appellant.
J. M. Gibson, of Houston, for appellee.
O'QUINN, J.
Appellant sued appellee in the county court at law of Harris county to recover on an accident insurance policy issued by appellee. The cause was tried to the court without the aid of a jury as an agreed case, under the provisions of article 2177, R. S. 1925. The only question presented to the court was whether under the terms of the policy appellant was entitled to recover for the loss of time on account of an accidental injury resulting in hernia. Judgment was rendered denying appellant the right to recover, and he brings this appeal.
The following agreed statement of facts was filed with the clerk of the court, and is duly certified by the court as that upon which the case was tried:
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