Legal Opinion
C
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 14, 1973No. 8165PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIUS, Justice.
This is a suit instituted by Martha Shelton Gabler against Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company to recover the proceeds of a life insurance policy in which she was the named beneficiary and to recover 12% penalty and reasonable attorney’s fees under Sec. 3.62 of the Texas Insurance Code (Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann.Ins. Code, Sec. 3.62 V.A.T.S.). The company filed an answer in the nature of a bill of .interpleader, tendered the policy proceeds into the registry of the court and implead-ed the administratrix of the estate of Howell H. Shelton, the insured. The ad-ministratrix…
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