Kansas Life Ins. Co. v. First Bank of Truscott

Texas Commission of Appeals

Kansas Life Ins. Co. v. First Bank of Truscott

78 S.W.2d 587

CourtTexas Commission of Appeals

DecidedJanuary 30, 1935

DocketNo. 1508—6261

StatusPublished

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Kansas Life Ins. Co. v. First Bank of Truscott, 78 S.W.2d 587 (Tex. Super. Ct. 1935).

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SMEDLEX, Commissioner.

This is a companion case to Kansas Life Insurance Company v. First Bank of Truscott, 78 S.W.(2d) 584, this day decided.' The suit is upon another policy of insurance of like amount and terms to those involved in that case, but issued on a different date, September 11, 1929. Otherwise the facts in the two cases are the same. The same single question is presented by the applications for writ of error in b.oth cases.

The insured died within one year from the date of the policy involved in this ease. This [588]*588affords no reason for a different decision, since the record shows that? plaintiff in error made' no. contest of its liability until after the expiration of the period named in the incontestable clause. American National Insurance Company v. Welsh (Tex. Com. App.) 22 S.W.(2d) 1063; Mutual Life Insurance Company y. Hurni Packing Company, 263 U. S. 167, 44 S. Ct. 80, 68 L. Ed. 235, 31 A. L. R. 102; Note 31 A. L. R. pages 108, and following.

The judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals and that of the district court are affirmed.

Opinion adopted by the Supreme Court.

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SMEDLEX, Commissioner.

This is a companion case to Kansas Life Insurance Company v. First Bank of Truscott, 78 S.W.(2d) 584, this day decided.' The suit is upon another policy of insurance of like amount and terms to those involved in that case, but issued on a different date, September 11, 1929. Otherwise the facts in the two cases are the same. The same single question is presented by the applications for writ of error in b.oth cases.

The insured died within one year from the date of the policy involved in this ease. This [588]*588affords no reason for a different decision, since the record shows that? plaintiff in error made' no. contest of its liability until after the expiration of the period named in the incontestable clause. American National Insurance Company v. Welsh (Tex. Com. App.) 22 S.W.(2d) 1063; Mutual Life Insurance Company y. Hurni Packing Company, 263 U. S. 167, 44 S. Ct. 80, 68 L. Ed. 235, 31 A. L. R. 102; Note 31 A. L. R. pages 108, and following.

The judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals and that of the district court are affirmed.

Opinion adopted by the Supreme Court.

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