WESTERN RESERVE LIFE INS. CO. v. MEADOWS

No. A-4140.

261 S.W.2d 554 (1953)

WESTERN RESERVE LIFE INS. CO. v. MEADOWS.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 11, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Wheeler, Austin, Webster Atwell, Dallas, for petitioner.

Alexander & Martin, Fort Worth, for respondent.


SMEDLEY, Justice.

The controlling question is: Did the accidental death of the insured on August 23, 1951, occur "in time of war".

Petitioner Western Reserve Life Insurance Company on October 6, 1932, issued to Benjamin Earle Meadows five policies, each insuring his life for $1,000 and naming as beneficiary his wife, respondent Jennie Louise Davidson Meadows. Attached to each policy as a part of it was a supplemental contract providing for payment to the beneficiary...

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