Lord v. New York Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before Hon. William H.. Stewart. Affirmed by the Supreme Court upon certificate of dissent.
1Opinion of the Court
GARRETT, Chief Justice.
The controversy in this case is about the ownership of the proceeds of a policy of insurance for $10j000 upon the life of Richard Lord, deceased, issued by the New York Life Insurance Company. Upon its face the policy is payable to the executors, administrators, or assigns of the insured. Richard Lord died September 8, 1900, leaving a will in which he devised all his property of whatever character to his wife, Margaret G. Lord. Kate Lord, a sister of the deceased, claimed the policy of insurance as a gift from her brother and brought this suit against the insurance…
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