Southland Life Insurance v. Vela

This is a suit by respondent, Agueda G. Vela, on a policy of insurance allegedly issued by petitioner for $2,500.00 upon the life of Aurelio Vela, payable on his death to respondent, his widow. In the trial court the jury found in answer to special issues that the policy was delivered by the local agent of petitioner on October 19, 1942, “not for inspection only”; that the policy remained in the possession of the Velas for seven days; and that the death of Vela was not the result of self-destruction. The only other issue submitted related to the amount of attorney’s fees to be awarded to…