Pickens v. Texas Independence Life Ins.

Me. Judge Hickman

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

In the trial court E. N. Pickens recovered judgment against Mercury Life Insurance Company and Texas Independence Life Insurance Company for $2,570.83 on a policy of insurance issued by the former company and assumed by the latter company upon the life of his deceased wife, Lo rinda Pickens, in which policy he was named as beneficiary. Each of the named companies is a statewide mutual assessment life insurance company and is governed by the terms and provisions of S. B. No. 135, as enacted by the Regular Session of…