The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02

( going examining committees, to write
after their name the well sounding title,
attorney at law.
At meeting of the patent law sec
! tiOn, an address was delivered by Ed
mund Wetmore on Patent Law"
Mr.. John A. Finch of indianapolis, read
Law School," He said in part:
THE law of insurance should be so
/ taught in the law schools that the, grad
yates should know the fundamental prin'
ciples of the insurance business IN all Its
| that the interest of the polcy-holders and
the interest of the companies are, in AL
| respects, identical; that any tax levied
| and every unwarranted decision draws
upon the remaining policy holders; that
the honest policy-holder in the end is the
sufferer. for like the farmer he sup
ports all The graduate of every law
school should be so well informed OF the
| purpose of insurance contract ana
should so well comprehend its present
| faulty construction, us so frequently an
| nounced, that he will understand the
contract and know how to write 1t so
! plainly that no court can construe away
| its intended meaning.
''That there is urgent need for insur-
ance lawyers in the insurance offices,
| especially in the matter of policy writing,
is conclusively proven by the fact that
more than one-third of the cases decided
| by the courts turn upon the construction
) of the contract. and in nearly all of these
| the construction is against the companies.
| The courts say that the policy did not
mean what the company intended It to
mean. 1t seems extremely difficult. il not
all but impossible. for Il policy-writer to
express himself with such clenrnesss and
distinction us will remove all doubt as
to the meaning intended.
"In the history of Ireland there is Il
chapter having for its subject Frogs in
Ireland The chapter is completed in
one sentence. There are no frogs in
Ireland When one is asked to give, II
statement of the law of insurance If he
will consider our legislation affecting in
Surance companies in its unique entirety.
and the decisions of our courts upon the
insurance contract-in this conflicting ut
terancc he may suddenly be provoked to
give like answer There is no law of in
surancc.' The organization and control
of insurance companies as given by legls-
lativc enactment and the construction of
the contracts of insurance as given by
the courts do not seem to be governed
or inspired by any consistent theory.
I'VE should strive to better II bad
situation. We can not do il by our
single efforts in legislative halls. nor by
bricfing cases in the courts. We can
and this we should strive to dO-tit those
who come under our instruction to do
this and thus. in time. will the law of
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