SOUTHLAND LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. TRAHAN

No. 12946.

284 S.W.2d 207 (1955)

SOUTHLAND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Lola J. TRAHAN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brewer, Matthews, Nowlin & Macfarlane, San Antonio, R. L. Dillard, Jr., Curtis White, Dallas, for appellant.

Hoyo, Shelton & Height, San Antonio, for appellee.


POPE, Justice.

This is a suit upon a life insurance policy. Whether the policy provisions covered or excluded the risk of death while the insured was flying in a military plane and whether the insurer is estopped to claim that aviation risks were excluded are the legal questions presented. The jury answered all issues in favor of the plaintiff, who is the widow of deceased. The court, however, gave judgment in her favor, not grounded upon the jury verdict, but as...

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