Allen v. American National Insurance Company

Decided June 3, 1964. James R. Norvell wrote the opinion for the court.

380 S.W.2d 604 · Cited 174 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Clark v. National Life & Accident Insurance · 145 Tex. 575
• Smith v. Henger · 226 S.W.2d 425
• Wichita Falls & Oklahoma Railway Co. v. Pepper · 135 S.W.2d 79
• Cox v. Huffman · 319 S.W.2d 295
• Halepeska v. Callihan Interests, Inc. · 371 S.W.2d 368

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