LIFE INS. CO. v. OVERSTREET

No. B-8549.

603 S.W.2d 780 (1980)

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF the SOUTHWEST, Petitioner, v. Jacquei Mae OVERSTREET, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles, Richard E. Miles and J. Shelby Sharpe, Fort Worth, for petitioner.

Herrick & Waltrip, John W. Herrick, Fort Worth, for respondent.


POPE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Jacquei Mae Overstreet, sued Life Insurance Company of the Southwest to recover $100,000 as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the life of her husband, Maxie Overstreet. The trial court and the court of civil appeals have held that the policy was in force at the time of Overstreet's death. 580 S.W.2d 929. The insurer appeals and urges that the policy...

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