Cheeves v. Anders, Administrator
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from Falls County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from Falls County. The facts are stated in the opinion. The contention, as stated in the petition for writ of error, is as follows: “The exact point of contention presented for decision is embraced in the following proposition: That Cheeves, being a partner of L. B. Chilton at the time the contract of insurance was perfected, and then having an insurable interest in the life of the latter, it was not essential to the rights of the beneficiary that such interest should continue until the happening of the event on which…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
J. H. Anders, as administrator of L. B. Chilton, brought this suit in the District Court of Falls County to recover the amount of a policy issued by the New York Life Insurance Company for $10,000, payable to Cheeves and Chilton, or their administrators or assigns, making the insurance company and Cheeves defendants. The insurance company did not deny liability, and the contest was between the plaintiff and Cheeves as to the right to receive the proceeds from the policy.
Cheeves filed an answer, in which he pleaded that he was entitled to the proceeds of the policy as…
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